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Royal Oak 1866

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
Royal Oak			Chatham DYd	1.5.1860	10.9.1862	28.5.1863	sold 9.1885

Technical data

Displacement normal, t	6366
Displacement full, t
Length, m	83.2 pp
Breadth, m	17.8
Draught, m	7.31 hold depth
No of shafts	1
Machinery	sails + 1 2-cyl HSE, return connection rod, 6 rectangular boilers
Power, h. p.	3708
Max speed, kts	12.5
Fuel, t	coal 550
Endurance, nm(kts)	2200(5)
Armour, mm	iron; belt: 114-63 with 711mm oak backing
Armament	11 x 1 - 183/17 110pdr 82cwt BL, 24 x 1 - 206/15 68pdr 95cwt SBML
Complement	585

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Project history

First British wooden-hulled ironclad, laid down as 91-gun ship of the line, conversion to 36-gun ironclad was approved 14.5.1861. She was raised by one deck and lengthened on the stocks by 6.4m to accommodate new armament on one deck, original bow aand stern were modified to ironclad form with a straight stem and rounded stern. Designed for 36 68pdr SBML guns, she was completed with BL and SBML mix. As completed Royal Oak was barque-rigged with 2320m² sail area. In 1866 she was converted to ship rig. Topgallant forecastle was added in 1867.

Ship protection

Side armour was extended to the full length of the ship, being 114mm amidships and 63mm at the ends. The hull behind the armour was of 711mm thick oak.

Modernizations

1867: rearmed with 4 x 1 - 203/15 MLR Mk III, 20 x 1 - 178/16 MLR Mk III

Naval service

Royal Oak was laid up in 1871.

Royal Oak 1866