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FAVORITE wooden central battery ironclad corvette (1866)


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Favorite 1869

Ships


Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Favorite     Deptford DYd 23.8.1860 5.7.1864 17.3.1866 guardship 1872, sold 3.1886


Technical data


Displacement normal, t3169
Displacement full, t3232
Length, m

68.6 pp

Breadth, m

14.3

Draught, m

6.88 aft

No of shafts

1 Mangin (twin) screw

Machinery

sails + 4 boilers, 1 2-cyl HSE, direct acting

Power, h. p.

1773

Max speed, kts

11.8

Fuel, t

coal 350

Endurance, nm(kts) 
Armour, mmiron; belt: 114 on 660mm teak plating, battery: 114 on 483mm teak plating, bulkheads: 114
Armament

8 x 1 - 241/15 'Somerset' 100pdr SBML

Complement

250 - 270



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<i>Favorite </i>1866
Favorite 1866


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<i>Favorite </i>1869
Favorite 1869


Project history

Laid down as a wooden screw corvette, Favorite's construction was well advanced when sge was approved for converson to an ironclad corvette. She was modified to have a straight stem, a rounded stern and a full length waterline belt. Hinged bulwarks fore and aft of battery gave ability to fire ahead and astern. Favorite was ship-rigged, with 1700m² sail area. She could make 10.5kts under sail and was a good seaboat but rolled heavily.

Ship protection

There was full length waterline belt extended from 0.9m under waterlaine to upper deck. The box battery with 114mm armour was 20m long.

Modernizations

1869: was rearmed with 8 x 1 - 178/16 MLR Mk III, 2 x 1 - 160/16 64pdr 64cwt MLR

Naval service

No significant events.