HMS Algiers (1854)

HMS Algiers was a 91-gun second rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy.

File:HMS Algiers off Sebastopol
History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Algiers
Ordered	3 October 1833 (as 110-gun first rate) 26 December 1840 (as 90-gun second rate) 25 April 1847 (altered design) 3 August 1852 (conversion to steam)
Builder	Pembroke Dockyard (as first ordered) Plymouth Dockyard (from 1840)
Laid down	10 July 1843
Launched	26 January 1854
Completed	By 30 June 1854
Fate	Sold for breaking up on 26 February 1870
General characteristics
Type	91-gun second rate ship of the line
Tons burthen	3,347 (bm)
Length	255 ft 6 in (77.9 m) (length overall) 218 ft 7 in (66.6 m) (gundeck) 179 ft 9 in (54.8 m) (keel)
Beam	60 ft (18.3 m)
Draught	24 ft 6 in (7.5 m) (forward) 25 ft 7 in (7.8 m) (aft)
Depth of hold	24 ft 5 in (7.4 m)
Installed power	450 nhp
Propulsion	4-cylinder horizontal single expansion steam engine Single screw
Sail plan	Full-rigged ship
Speed	9 knots (17 km/h) (under steam)
Complement	850 (860 after re-engining)
Armament	Upper deck: 32 × 32-pounder guns Lower deck: 32 × 8-inch guns Quarterdeck/Forecastle: 26 × 32-pounder guns + 1 x 68-pounder gun

She was initially ordered from Pembroke Dockyard on 3 October 1833 as a 110-gun first rate to a design by Sir William Symonds. On 10 December 1834, the order for Algiers was changed to a 74-gun two decker, but this was changed once more to a 110-gun ship on 5 February 1839. The order was amended once more, to complete her as a 90-gun Albion-class ship of the line on 26 December 1840, and she was laid down at Plymouth Dockyard on 10 July 1843. Her designs were amended once more, and she was re-ordered on 25 April 1847 to a lengthened design. The Admiralty ordered that she be fitted with screw propulsion while under construction in 1852.

In May 1855, she took part in the capture of Kerch and Yenikale during the Crimean War. Afterwards, she saw service in Malta and was later a depot ship for the gunboat flotilla at Portsmouth. She was present at the 1856 Fleet Review at Spithead.

References

• Winfield, R.; Lyon, D. (2004). The Sail and Steam Navy List: All the Ships of the Royal Navy 1815–1889. London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-032-6. OCLC 52620555.