NAVYPEDIA

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
Enterprise (ex-Circassian)			Deptford DYd	5.5.1862	9.2.1864	3.6.1864	sold 11.1886

Technical data

Displacement normal, t	1350
Displacement full, t
Length, m	54.9 pp
Breadth, m	11.0
Draught, m	4.77 aft
No of shafts	1
Machinery	sails + 2 tubular boilers, 1 2-cyl HSE, direct acting
Power, h. p.	692
Max speed, kts	9.9
Fuel, t	coal 95
Endurance, nm(kts)
Armour, mm	iron; belt: 114 on 495mm teak plating, battery: 114 on 495mm teak plating, bulkheads: 114
Armament	2 x 1 - 183/14 7'' 110pdr BL, 2 x 1 - 241/15 'Somerset' 100pdr SBML
Complement	130

Standard scale images

Project history

Laid down as a wooden screw sloop and redesigned as an ironclad before much progress had been made on her construction. The conversion was of the same general type as that applied to Research, but with a narrower waterline belt and the guns mounted at upper instead of main deck level. Much effort was directed towards weight saving, and the upper part of the hull was constructed of iron, making her the first vessel of composite construction. The bulwarks fore and aft of the box battery could be hinged back when the guns were in position for end on fire. She had a barque rig with 1700m² sail area, best speed under sail was 9.7kts.

Ship protection

There was full length waterline belt 3.0m deep with a central armoured box battery 10.4m long extending from the belt to the top of the bulwarks.

Modernizations

1864: the funnel was moved from the centre of the battery to forward of it

1868: was rearmed with 4 x 1 - 178/16 MLR Mk III

Naval service

No significant events.