similar Ocean 1868
|
Name |
No |
Yard No |
Builder |
Laid down |
Launched |
Comp |
Fate |
| Royal Oak | Chatham DYd | 1.5.1860 | 10.9.1862 | 28.5.1863 | sold 9.1885 |
Displacement normal, t |
6366 |
Displacement full, t |
|
Length, m |
83.2 pp |
Breadth, m |
17.8 |
Draught, m |
7.31 hold depth |
No of shafts |
1 |
Machinery |
sails + 1 2-cyl HSE, return connection rod, 6 rectangular boilers |
Power, h. p. |
3708 |
Max speed, kts |
12.5 |
Fuel, t |
coal 550 |
| Endurance, nm(kts) | 2200(5) |
| Armour, mm | iron; belt: 114-63 with 711mm oak backing |
Armament |
11 x 1 - 183/17 110pdr 82cwt BL, 24 x 1 - 206/15 68pdr 95cwt SBML |
Complement |
585 |
Project history: First British wooden-hulled ironclad, laid down as 91-gun ship of the line, conversion to 36-gun ironclad was approved 14.5.1861. She was raised by one deck and lengthened on the stocks by 6.4m to accommodate new armament on one deck, original bow aand stern were modified to ironclad form with a straight stem and rounded stern. Designed for 36 68pdr SBML guns, she was completed with BL and SBML mix. As completed Royal Oak was barque-rigged with 2320m² sail area. In 1866 she was converted to ship rig. Topgallant forecastle was added in 1867.
Ship protection: Side armour was extended to the full length of the ship, being 114mm amidships and 63mm at the ends. The hull behind the armour was of 711mm thick oak.
Modernizations: 1867: rearmed with 4 x 1 - 203/15 MLR Mk III, 20 x 1 - 178/16 MLR Mk III
Naval service: Royal Oak was laid up in 1871.
Royal Oak 1866
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