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| Name | Victoria (1859) | Explanation | |
| Type | First rate | Type | Three-decker |
| Launched | 12 November 1859 | ||
| Hull | Wooden | Length | 260 feet |
| Propulsion | Screw | Men | 1000 |
| Builders measure | 4127 tons | ||
| Displacement | 6959 tons | ||
| Guns | 121 | ||
| Fate | 1893 | Last in commission | 1867 |
| Class | Class (as screw) | Victoria | |
| Ships book | |||
| Career | |||
| Date | Event | ||
| 12 November 1859 | Launched at Portsmouth Dockyard. | ||
| 2 November 1864 - 24 May 1866 | Commanded (from commissioning at Portsmouth) by Captain James Graham Goodenough, flagship of Vice-Admiral Robert Smart, Mediterranean | ||
| 20 April 1866 - 25 May 1867 | Commanded by Captain Alan Henry Gardner, flagship of Vice-Admiral Lord Clarence Edward Paget, Mediterranean | ||
| 10 June 1867 - 7 August 1867 | Commanded (until paying off at Portsmouth) by Commander William Codrington, Mediteranean | ||
| 31 May 1893 | Sold for breaking up | ||
| Extracts from the Times newspaper | |||
| Date | Extract | ||
| 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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