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Renown  

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
Revenge		146	Pembroke DYd	22.1.1854	16.4.1859	8.6.1861	Coast Guard 9.1865
Renown			Chatham DYd	20.12.1854	28.3.1857	20.2.1858	to North German Confederation 3.1870 (Renown)
Atlas			Chatham DYd	23.2.1858	21.7.1860	1860	never fitted to sea, hospital ship 7.1881
Anson, 1.1883- Algiers			Woolwich DYd	1.10.1858	15.9.1860	1860	never fitted to sea, harbour vessel 9.1899

Technical data

Displacement normal, t	5260
Displacement full, t
Length, m	74.7 pp
Breadth, m	16.9
Draught, m	7.47
No of shafts	1
Machinery	Renown: sails + boilers, 1 2-cyl HSE trunk Revenge, Anson, Atlas: sails + boilers, 1 2-cyl HSE
Power, h. p.	Renown: 3183ihp Revenge: 3249ihp Atlas: 3732ihp Anson: 3583ihp
Max speed, kts	Renown: 11.4 Revenge: 11.5 Atlas, Anson: 13
Fuel, t	coal
Endurance, nm(kts)
Armament	1 x 1 - 206/15 68pdr 95cwt shell SBML, 34 x 1 - 204/13 8'' 65cwt shell SBML, 36 x 1 - 163/18 32pdr 56cwt SBML, 20 x 1 - 161/16 32pdr 45cwt SBML
Complement	860

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Project history

New 91-gun ships. Surveyor's design of 1856. Wooden hull.

Modernizations

None.

Naval service

Renown was transferred to North German Confederation in 1870 and served as TS under former name.

Thanks to Wolfgang Stöhr for additional information on this page.