.jpeg) As HMSWorcester | |
| History | |
|---|---|
 United Kingdom | |
| Name | HMSFrederick William |
| Ordered |
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| Builder | Portsmouth Dockyard[1] |
| Laid down | 1 July 1841 |
| Launched | 24 March 1860[2] |
| Commissioned | 1 July 1864[2][1] |
| Renamed |
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| Reclassified | Training ship in 1876 |
| Fate |
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| General characteristics As completed | |
| Class and type | 86-gun screw propelled first rate |
| Displacement | 4,502 tons |
| Tons burthen | 3,241bm |
| Length | |
| Beam | 60 ft (18 m) |
| Depth of hold | 23 ft 9 in (7.24 m) |
| Propulsion |
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| Speed | 11.7 kn (13.5 mph) (under steam) |
| Complement | 830 |
| Armament |
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HMSFrederick William was an 86-gunscrew-propelledfirst-rateship of the line of theRoyal Navy.[2]
She was initially ordered fromPortsmouth Dockyard on 12 September 1833 as a 110-gunQueen-class ship of the line, under the name HMSRoyal Sovereign. The order was suspended on 7 May 1834, but was later renewed, this time under the name HMSRoyal Frederick, a change in name which took place on 12 April 1839. She was laid down on 1 July 1841, but work commenced slowly, and on 29 June 1848 she was re-ordered to a modification of theQueen-class design, still powered by sails alone. The order for the still unfinished ship was again modified on 28 February 1857, when it was ordered that she be completed as an 86-gun screw battleship. Conversion work began on 28 May 1859, and the ship was renamed HMSFrederick William on 28 January 1860, shortly before her launch on 24 March that year. She was completed in June 1860.
From 1 July to 31 December 1864, she served as aCoast Guard Service Home Station, atPortland, replacingHMS Colossus.[2] On 19 October 1876 she was renamed asWorcester, to take on a new role as atraining ship atGreenhithe for theThames Nautical Training College.[2] She fulfilled this role until her sale in July 1948. She foundered in theRiver Thames on 30 August 1948. She was raised in May 1953 and was broken up.[2]
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