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Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
Royal Frederick (ex-Royal Sovereign)			Portsmouth DYd	7.1841	---	---	reordered as screw battleship 2.1857
Windsor Castle (ex-Victoria)			Pembroke DYd	5.1844	---	---	reordered as screw battleship 2.1857
Marlborough			Portsmouth DYd	1.9.1850	---	---	reordered as screw battleship 10.1852
Prince of Wales			Portsmouth DYd	10.6.1848	---	---	reordered as screw battleship 4.1856
Royal Sovereign			Portsmouth DYd	17.12.1848	---	---	reordered as screw battleship 6.1854
Windsor Castle			Pembroke DYd	5.1849	---	---	reordered as screw battleship 1.1852

Technical data

Displacement normal, t	Royal Frederick, Victoria: 3083bm Marlborough, Prince of Wales, Royal Sovereign, Windsor Castle: 3186bm
Displacement full, t
Length, m	Royal Frederick, Victoria: 62.2 gundeck Marlborough, Prince of Wales, Royal Sovereign, Windsor Castle: 64.0 gundeck
Breadth, m	18.3
Draught, m	Royal Frederick, Victoria: 7.24 hold depth Marlborough, Prince of Wales, Royal Sovereign, Windsor Castle: 7.52 hold depth
No of shafts
Machinery	sails
Power, h. p.
Max speed, kts
Fuel, t
Endurance, nm(kts)
Armament	Royal Frederick, Victoria: 2 x 1 - 204/8 68pdr 36cwt SBML carronades, 4 x 1 - 204/13 68pdr 60cwt shell SBML, 56 x 1 - 163/18 32pdr 55cwt SBML, 32 x 1 - 162/17 32pdr 49cwt SBML, 12 x 1 - 161/15 32pdr 40cwt SBML, 4 x 1 - 139/8 18pdr 10cwt SBML carronades Marlborough, Prince of Wales, Royal Sovereign, Windsor Castle: 30 x 1 - 204/13 68pdr 68cwt shell SBML, 30 x 1 - 163/18 32pdr 56cwt SBML, 40 x 1 - 161/15 32pdr 42cwt SBML, 14 x 1 - 160/11 32pdr 25cwt SBML, 4 x 1 - 139/8 18pdr 10cwt SBML carronades
Complement	Royal Frederick, Victoria: 950 Marlborough, Prince of Wales, Royal Sovereign, Windsor Castle: 970

Project history

110-gun (first group of two) and 120-gun (second group) 1st rate three-deckers. The development of the Queen design.