HMS Frederick William

HMS Frederick William (1860)

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Name	Frederick William (1860)	Explanation
Type	First rate	Type	Two-decker
Launched	24 March 1860	Converted to screw	on the stocks
Hull	Wooden	Length	214 feet
Propulsion	Screw	Men	830
Builders measure	3241 tons
Displacement	4725 tons
Guns	86
Fate	1953	Last in commission	1868
Class
Ships book
Career
Date	Event
18 January 1860	= Frederick William (laid down as Royal Frederick).
24 March 1860	Launched at Portsmouth Dockyard
1 July 1864	Commanded by Captain Edward Codd, Coast Guard, Portland (replacing Colossus)
7 March 1865 - 31 January 1866	Commanded by Captain Edmund Heathcote, Coast Guard, Queenstown
31 January 1866 - 31 August 1868	Commanded by Captain John James Kennedy, Coast Guard, Queenstown
19 October 1876	Renamed Worcester, training ship for officers for the merchant service, Greenhithe, Kent (lent to Thames Nautical Training College), replacing 4th rate sailing ship Worcester (1843-1885)
1940	HQ of Greenhithe section of the London Auxiliary patrol
1945	Restored to the Admiralty and moved to Greys, Essex (where she was replaced as a training ship by Exmouth, 1905)
1948	Sold to Frary Industries, of Queenborough, Kent, for breaking up
30 August 1948	Foundered
May 1953	Raised and broken up by Tennant and Horne, Grays
*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.

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