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class ships were designed in 1852 as two-decker 101-gun first rates in a period when many under-construction sail ships of the line were being redesigned to use screw propulsion in addition to sail. Two ships were subsequently completed,
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whilst carrying this out, but without losses, and most of her machinery, guns and stores were subsequently salvaged. The advent of armoured
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2-cylinder (82in diam., 4ft stroke) horizontal single expansion trunk engine
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in the 1860s made the traditional ships of the line largely obsolete. HMS
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screw propelled ships designed by the Surveyor’s Department for the
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10.806 knots (20.013 km/h; 12.435 mph) (machinery)
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on 14 January 1886. Sold for breaking up on 18 May 1925
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Index

Conqueror class (1855)

HMS Conqueror
Royal Navy
Ship of the line
68-pounder
ships of the line
first rate
Royal Navy
HMS Conqueror
HMS Donegal
Channel Squadron
Crimean War
Mexico
French intervention
Rum Cay
ironclads
HMS Warrior
guard ship
American Civil War
HMS Vernon
HMS Conqueror
Devonport Dockyard
Rum Cay
HMS Donegal
Devonport Dockyard
HMS Vernon


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