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| Name | Britannia (launched as Prince of Wales, 1860) | Explanation | |
| Type | First rate | Type | Three-decker |
| Launched | 25 January 1860 | Converted to screw | on the stocks |
| Hull | Wooden | Length | 252 feet |
| Propulsion | Screw | Men | 1100 |
| Builders measure | 3994 tons | ||
| Displacement | 6201 tons | ||
| Guns | 121 | ||
| Fate | 1916 | Last in commission | - |
| Class | |||
| Ships book | ADM 135/64 | ||
| Career | |||
| Date | Event | ||
| Never fitted for sea. | |||
| 25 January 1860 | Launched at Portsmouth Dockyard. | ||
| 3 March 1869 | Renamed Britannia, boys training ship, Dartmouth, replacing 1st rate sailing ship Britannia (1820-1869). | ||
| 11 August 1869 - 4 September 1871 | Commanded by Captain John Corbett, training ship for Naval cadets, Dartmouth | ||
| 5 September 1871 - 30 August 1874 | Commanded by Captain Hon. Fitzgerald Algernon Charles Foley, training ship for Naval Cadets, Dartmouth | ||
| 31 August 1874 - 30 August 1877 | Commanded by Captain William Graham, training ship for Naval cadets, Dartmouth | ||
| 31 August 1877 - 30 August 1880 | Commanded by Captain Henry Fairfax, training ship for Naval cadets (including Princes Albert Victor and George), Dartmouth | ||
| (31 August 1880) - 20 September 1883 | Commanded by Captain Richard Wells, training ship for Naval cadets, Dartmouth | ||
| 5 July 1883 - 16 September 1886 | Commanded by Captain Nathaniel Bowden-Smith, training ship for Naval cadets, Dartmouth | ||
| 17 September 1886 - 7 September 1889 | Commanded by Captain Frederick George Denham Bedford, training ship for Naval cadets, Dartmouth | ||
| 7 September 1889 - 7 September 1892 | Commanded by Captain Noel Stephen Fox Digby, training ship for Naval cadets, Dartmouth | ||
| 17 April 1894 - 21 April 1897 | Commanded by Captain Arthur William Moore, training ship for Naval cadets, Dartmouth | ||
| 21 April 1897 - 19 February 1900 | Commanded by Captain Assheton Gore Curzon-Howe, training ship for Naval cadets, Dartmouth | ||
| September 1909 | Hulk | ||
| 13 September 1914 | Sold to J.B. Garnham for breaking up. | ||
| July 1916 | Resold to Hughes Bolckow and arrived for breaking up at Blyth. | ||
| Extracts from the Times newspaper | |||
| Date | Extract | ||
| Sa 8 December 1849 | Portsmouth, Dec. 6. In Port and Fitting In the Harbour. - The Victory and Illustrious flag-ships, the Excellent gunnery ship; the Blenheim steam-guard-ship; the Eurydice, stripping to pay off; the Contest, fitting out; the Rolla apprentices' brig, laying up for the winter; the Fairy and Elfin, and Portsmouth yachts; the Flamer packet from Holyhead, and the Echo tug.In Dock. - The Britannia, 120; the Dauntless, 24; the Fantome, 16; the Lily, 16; the Fox, 42; the Devastation, and the Birkenhead steam frigates. In the Basin. - The Princess Charlotte, 104; the Actaeon, 26; and the Sprightly and the Bee steam-vessels. In the Steam Basin, - The Ajax, 60; the Penelope, 22; the Sidon, 26; the Victoria and Albert royal yacht; the Urgent , the Pike, the Asp, and the Blazer. Building. - The Royal Frederick, 120 [subsequently cancelled and later completed as Frederick William]; the Prince of Wales, 120; the Princess Royal, 90; the Argus, and the Furious steam sloops. | ||
| Tu 11 September 1860 | The following vessels comprise the four classes of the steam reserve at Portsmouth, the list corrected to this date :- First Class.- Duke of Wellington, 131 guns, 700 horsepower; Princess Royal, 91 guns, 400 horse-power; Shannon, 51 guns, 600 horse-power ; Immortalité, 51 guns, 600 horse-power; Volcano, 6 guns, 140 horse-power; Philomel, 6 guns, 80 horse-power; and gunboats Brazen, Beaver, Snapper, Traveller, Grinder, and Blazer, of two guns each, and 60 horse-power. Second Class.- Royal Sovereign, 131 guns, 800 horse-power; Victoria, 121 guns, 1,000 horse-power; Prince of Wales, 131 guns, 800 horse-power ; Duncan, 101 guns, 800 horse-power; Nelson, 91 guns, 500 horse-power; the Sutlej, 51 guns, 500 horse-power ; the Harrier, 17 guns, 100 horse-power; the Rinaldo, 17 guns, 200 horse-power; the Medea, 6 guns, 350 horse-power; the Stromboli, 6 guns, 280 horse-power; the Coquette, 6 guns, 200 horse-power; and the gunboats Cracker, Fancy, Swinger, Pincher, and Badger, of 60 horse-power each, and 2 guns. Third Class.- The Tribune, 31 guns, 300 horse-power; the Rosamond, 6 guns, 280-horse power; the Vigilant, 4 guns, 200 horse-power; the Vulture, 6 guns, 470 horse-power; the Cygnet, 5 guns, 80 horse-power; and the gunboats Cheerful, Rambler, Pet, Daisy, Angler, Chub, Ant, Pert, and Decoy, of two guns each and 21 horse-power. 4th Class.- The screw transport Fox, 200 horse-power; the Erebus, 16 guns, 200 horse-power; the Meteor, 14 guns, 150 horse-power; and the Glatton, 14 guns, 150 horse-power. The foregoing - not including the gunboats and mortar vessels in Haslar-yard - consist of seven line-of-battle ships, four frigates, two corvettes, nine sloops, three floating batteries, 20 gunboats, and one troop steamer. They give a total force of 1,150 guns, propelled by 11,420 horse-power (nominal). The Fox steam troopship is given in this return as not carrying any guns, but in the official Navy List she still carried "42" attached to her name. | ||
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