- Source: List of ironclads of the Royal Navy
This is a list of ironclads of the Royal Navy of the United Kingdom. An ironclad was a steam-propelled warship in the early part of the second half of the 19th century, protected by iron or steel armour plates.
The term battleship was not used by the Admiralty until the early 1880s, with the construction of the Colossus class. Prior to this point, a wide range of descriptions were used.
While the introduction of the ironclad is clear-cut, the boundary between 'ironclad' and the later 'pre-dreadnought battleship' is less obvious, as the characteristics of the pre-dreadnought evolved. For the sake of this article, the Royal Sovereign-class are treated as the first pre-dreadnoughts on account of their high freeboard and mixed battery of guns.
Glossary
BU = broken up
= Sea-going ironclads (1860–1888)
=Warrior-class broadside ironclads
Warrior (1860) - Preserved Portsmouth
Black Prince (1861) - Renamed Emerald 1903, renamed Impregnable III 1910, sold for BU 1923
Defence-class broadside ironclads
Defence (1861) - Renamed Indus 1898; hulked 1922; sold for BU 1935
Resistance (1861) - Sold 1898; foundered 1899; raised and BU
Hector-class broadside ironclads
Hector (1862) - Sold for BU 1905
Valiant (1863) - Renamed Indus 1898, Valiant (Old) 1916, and Valiant III 1919; became floating oil tank 1924; BU 1957
Achilles (1863) broadside ironclad — Renamed Hibernia 1902, Egmont 1904, Egremont 1918, and Pembroke 1919; sold for BU 1925
Minotaur-class broadside ironclads
Minotaur (1863) - Renamed Boscawen 1904, Ganges 1906, and Ganges II 1908; sold for BU 1922
Agincourt (1865) - Renamed Boscawen III 1904 and Ganges II 1906; became coal hulk C109 1908; sold for BU 1960
Northumberland (1866) - Renamed Acheron 1904; became coal hulk C 1909, renamed C68 1926; sold 1927; became hulk Stedmound, BU 1935
Prince Consort-class broadside ironclads (converted from Bulwark class 2-deckers)
Prince Consort (1862) (ex-Triumph) - Sold for BU 1882
Caledonia (1862) - Sold for BU 1886
Ocean (1862) - Sold for BU 1882
Royal Oak (1862) broadside ironclad (converted from Bulwark class 2-decker) - Laid up 1871; sold for BU 1885
Royal Alfred (1864) central-battery ironclad (converted from Bulwark class 2-decker)- Sold for BU 1885
Research (1863) central-battery ironclad — Sold for BU 1884
Enterprise (1864) central-battery ironclad — Sold for BU 1886
Favorite (1864) central-battery ironclad — Sold for BU 1886
Zealous (1864) central-battery ironclad (converted from Bulwark class 2-decker) - Laid up 1875; sold for BU 1886
Repulse (1868) central-battery ironclad (converted from Bulwark class 2-decker) - Sold for BU 1889
Lord Clyde-class broadside ironclads
Lord Clyde (1864) - Sold for BU 1875
Lord Warden (1865) - BU 1889
Pallas (1865) central-battery ironclad — Sold for BU 1886
Bellerophon (1865) central-battery ironclad — Renamed Indus III 1904; sold for BU 1922
Penelope (1867) central-battery ironclad — Hulked 1897; sold for BU 1912
Hercules (1868) central-battery ironclad — Renamed Calcutta 1909 and Fisgard II 1915; sold for BU 1932
Monarch (1868) masted turret-ship — Renamed Simoom 1904; sold for BU 1905
Captain-class masted turret-ship
Captain (1869) - Foundered 1870
Audacious-class central-battery ironclads
Audacious (1869) - Renamed Fisgard 1904 and Imperieuse 1914; sold for BU 1922
Invincible (1869) - Renamed Erebus 1904 and Fisgard II 1906; foundered under tow 1914
Iron Duke (1870) - Hulked 1900; sold for BU 1906
Vanguard (1870) - Sunk in collision 1875
Swiftsure-class central-battery ironclads
Swiftsure (1870) - Hulked 1901; renamed Orontes 1904; sold for BU 1908
Triumph (1870) - Renamed Tenedos 1904, Indus IV 1912, and Algiers 1912; sold for BU 1921
Sultan (1870) central-battery ironclad — Named Fisgard IV 1906-1931; sold for BU 1946
Devastation-class mastless turret-ship
Devastation (1871) - Sold for BU 1908
Thunderer (1872) mastless turret-ship — Sold for BU 1909
Alexandra (1875) central-battery ironclad — Sold for BU 1908
Temeraire (1876) central-battery ironclad with barbettes — Renamed Indus II 1904 and Akbar 1915; sold for BU 1921
Superb-class (intended for Ottoman Empire) central-battery ironclads
Superb (launched as Hamidieh, renamed) (1875) - Sold for BU 1906
(Ottoman Messudieh)
Neptune (1874) (ex-Independencia) masted turret-ship — Sold for BU 1903
Dreadnought (1875) mastless turret-ship — Sold for BU 1908
Inflexible (1876) central citadel turret-ship — Sold for BU 1903
Ajax-class central citadel turret-ships
Agamemnon (1879) - BU 1903
Ajax (1880) - Sold for BU 1904
Colossus-class turret-ships
Colossus (1882) - Sold for BU 1908
Edinburgh (1882) - BU 1910
Admiral-class mastless turret ships
Collingwood (1882)
Rodney (1884)
Howe (1885)
Camperdown (1885)
Anson (1886)
Benbow (1885)
Victoria-class mastless turret ships
Victoria (1887)
Sans Pareil (1887)
Trafalgar-class mastless turret ships
Trafalgar (1887)
Nile (1888)
= Coastal service ironclads
=Royal Sovereign (1862) turret-ship (converted from Duke of Wellington class 3-decker) - Sold for BU 1885
Prince Albert (1864) turret-ship — Sold for BU 1899
Scorpion-class masted turret-ships
Scorpion (1863) - Sunk as target 1901; raised and sold for BU 1903; foundered en route scrapyard 1903
Wivern (1863) - Sold for BU 1922
Cerberus-class turret-ships
Cerberus (1868) (Victoria) - Renamed Platypus II 1918; sunk as breakwater 1926
Magdala (1870) (India) - Sold for BU 1904
Abyssinia (1870) (India) turret-ship — Sold for BU 1903
Hotspur (1870) turret-ship — Sold for BU 1904
Glatton (1871) turret-ship — Sold for BU 1903
Cyclops-class turret-ships
Cyclops (1871) - Sold for BU 1903
Gorgon (1871) - Sold for BU 1903
Hecate (1871) - Sold for BU 1903
Hydra (1871) - Sold for BU 1903
Rupert (1872) turret-ship — Sold for BU 1907
Belleisle-class (intended for Ottoman Empire) central battery ships
Belleisle (launched as Peki-Shereef, renamed) (1876) -Sold for BU 1904
Orion (planned name: Boordhi-Zaffer) (1879) - Renamed Orontes 1909; sold for BU 1913
Conqueror-class turret-ships
Conqueror (1881) - Sold for BU 1907
Hero (1885) - Sunk as target 1908; raised and BU
See also
List of ironclads
List of breastwork monitors of the Royal Navy
Sources
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Chesneau, Roger and Kolesnik, Eugene (Ed.) Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. Conway Maritime Press, 1979. ISBN 0-8317-0302-4
Gardiner, Robert (Ed.). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. Conway Maritime Press, 1985. ISBN 0-85177-245-5
Gardiner, Robert; Chesneau, Roger, eds. (1980). Conway's All The World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. London: Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-85177-146-7.
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