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HMS ''Victor Emmanuel'' was a screw-propelled 91-gun
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, originally launched as HMS ''Repulse'', but renamed shortly after being launched.


Construction and commissioning

''Victor Emmanuel'' was an , a class originally designed as 80-gun sailing two-deckers. They were re-ordered as screw ships in 1849, and ''Victor Emmanuel'' was duly reclassified as a 91-gun ship on 26 March 1852. She was built and launched on 27 February 1855 under the name HMS ''Repulse'', but was renamed ''Victor Emmanuel'' on 7 December 1855, in honour of Victor Emmanuel after he visited the ship. She cost a total of £158,086, with £87,597 spent on her hull, and a further £35,588 spent on her machinery.


Career

She served in the
English Channel The English Channel, "The Sleeve"; nrf, la Maunche, "The Sleeve" (Cotentinais) or ( Jèrriais), (Guernésiais), "The Channel"; br, Mor Breizh, "Sea of Brittany"; cy, Môr Udd, "Lord's Sea"; kw, Mor Bretannek, "British Sea"; nl, Het Kana ...
, the Mediterranean, and off the African coast during the
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. On 4 May 1861, ''Victor Emmanuel'' ran aground on the Leufchino Shoal, in the
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. Repairs cost £69. She was assigned to
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to replace HMS ''Princess Charlotte'' and used as a
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and
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there from 1873. She was sold in 1899.


Notes


References

* * Lyon, David and Winfield, Rif, The Sail and Steam Navy List, All the Ships of the Royal Navy 1815-1889, pub Chatham, 2004,
Victor Emmanuel's career


External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Victor Emmanuel, HMS Ships of the line of the Royal Navy Victorian-era ships of the line of the United Kingdom 1855 ships Maritime incidents in May 1861