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HMS Lord Warden (1865)

HMS Lord Warden (1865) from Army and Navy Illustrated.jpg
Lord Warden at anchor
History
Name: HMS Lord Warden
Namesake: Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports
Ordered: 25 May 1863
Builder: Chatham Dockyard
Laid down: 24 December 1863
Launched: 27 March 1865
Completed: 30 August 1867
Commissioned: July 1867
Decommissioned: 1885
Fate: Broken up, 1889
General characteristics (as completed)
Class and type: Lord Clyde-class armoured frigate
Tonnage: 4,080 (bm)
Displacement: 7,940 long tons (8,070 t)
Length: 280 ft (85.3 m) (p/p)
Beam: 59 ft (18.0 m)
Draught: 27 ft 11 in (8.5 m)
Installed power:
Propulsion: 1 shaft, 1 Horizontal return connecting rod-steam engine
Sail plan: Ship rig
Speed: 13 knots (24 km/h; 15 mph)
Complement: 605
Armament:
Armour:
  • Belt: 4.5–5.5 in (114–140 mm)
  • Battery: 4.5–5.5 in (114–140 mm)

HMS Lord Warden was the second and last ship of the wooden-hulled Lord Clyde class of armoured frigates built for the Royal Navy during the 1860s. She and her sister ship, Lord Clyde, were the heaviest wooden ships ever built and were also the fastest steaming wooden ships. They were also the slowest-sailing ironclads in the Royal Navy.

After a brief deployment with the Channel Squadron upon commissioning in 1867, Lord Warden was transferred to the Mediterranean Squadron later that year. She became the squadron flagship in 1869 and retained that duty until 1875 when she returned home for a refit. Upon recommissioning in 1876, the ship became the guardship of the First Reserve in the Firth of Forth. Lord Warden was mobilised in 1878 when war with Russia seemed imminent during the Russo-Turkish War. She was paid off in 1885 and broken up in 1889.

Lord Warden was 280 feet (85.3 m) long between perpendiculars and had a beam of 59 feet (18.0 m). The ship had a draught of 23 feet 11 inches (7.3 m) forward and 27 feet 11 inches (8.5 m) aft. She displaced 7,842 long tons (7,968 t) and had a tonnage of 4,080 tons burthen.


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