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was not completed until July 1865 due to a delay in the delivery of her main armament. Once this was installed, she was commissioned as Second-in-Command of the
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She was temporarily withdrawn from service in 1866 for reconstruction which involved the addition of a
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for repairs. She was a guardship in the Firth of Forth from 1872 until 1875. On 15 June 1873,
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Battery and belt: 4.5 in (110 mm) amidships and 3 in (76 mm) fore and aft
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Single-topsail barque, sail area 25,000 sq ft (2,300 m)
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Four Modern Naval Campaigns, Historical Strategical, and Tactical
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was flagship of the Mediterranean Fleet until 1869 (relieving
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HMS Caledonia
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Caledonia
Woolwich Dockyard
Prince Consort-class
ironclad
knots
knots
7 in (180 mm) breech loading Armstrong rifles
68-pounder smoothbore guns
8 in (200 mm) muzzle-loading rifles
7 in (180 mm) muzzle-loading rifles

broadside ironclad
Prince Consort class
steam ship of the line
Bulwark class
armoured frigate
Mediterranean Fleet
poop deck
Channel Fleet
paid off
HMS Victoria
Santorini
Greece

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