1859 The Victoria was launched from Portsmouth Dockyard; she had been built to design of Sir B. W. Walker, K.C.B., under the immediate superintendence of Mr. Abethell, the master builder of Portsmouth Dockyard. She was the first three-decked ship built according to her original designs as a steamship. She had been laid down in February, 1856. The engines were by Maudslay, Sons and Field
1887. HMS Victoria.
A later ship bearing the same name was the First Class Battleship built by Armstrong, Mitchell and Co in 1887/ 1888.
1888 Launched at Elswick on the 9th April, 1888.
Her engines were by Humphreys and Tennant.
She was built of steel with an estimated cost of £817,841.
- Tonnage displacement, 10,470;
- Indicated horsepower, 14,244;
- Length, 340ft.; beam, 70ft.;
- Mean draught, 26ft. 9in.;
- Speed, 17·3 knots, developed during speed trials in June, 1888;
- Complement, 550 men.
- Guns, two 110-ton , 16.25 in.,B.L.;
- One 29-ton, 10in., B.L.;
- Twelve 5·ton, 6in., B.L.;
- Twelve 6-pounder, Q.F.;
- Nine 3-pounder, Q.F.-thirty-six.
- Weight of heaviest projectile, 1800 lb.;
- Powder charge for projectile, 960 lb.;
- Length of biggest gun, 43ft. 8in. [1]
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Sources of Information
- ↑ The Engineer 1889/02/15