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HMS Favorite Laid Down : 23rd August 1860 Launched : 5th July 1864 Completed : 17th March 1866 Type : Battleship Class : Builder : Deptford DY Country : UK Pennants : Fate : Sold for breaking up on 30th March 1886. |
| 1 A two-decked, ship-rigged, wooden hulled, armoured corvette of 3015 tons displacement; length 225 ft.; beam 46.75 ft.; draught 19 ft. forward, 22 ft. aft. Laid down 23.8.60 as a wooden corvette of the “Jason” Class but altered during building. Armament: 8 x 7” MLR and 2 x 64 pounders (6”) chase guns, all carried on the upper deck, the 7” broadside guns in an unusual box arrangement. Machinery: One set direct-acting Humphreys and Tennant 2 cyl. horizontal single expansion; the single screw could neither be hoisted nor disconnected. Speed: 11.8 kts., best sea speed 10.5 kts. Bunkers: 350 tons. |
Service: 1866-1869 North America & West Indies. Refit. 1872 First Reserve Guardship, east coast of Scotland. 1876 Paid off at Portsmouth and laid up. Sold to breakers in 1886. |
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  HMS Favorite, 1866. |
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