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1859 Painting of the first HMS Victoria
William Frederick Mitchell (1845–1914)  

HMS Victoria was the last British wooden first-rate three-decked ship of the line commissioned for sea service.

With a displacement of 6,959 tons, she was the largest wooden battleship which ever entered service. She was also the world’s largest warship until the completion of HMS Warrior, Britain’s first ironclad battleship, in 1861.

Victoria’s hull was 79.2 meters (260 ft) long and 18.3 meters (60 ft) wide. She had a medium draught of 8.4 meters (27.5 ft). Her hull was heavily strapped with diagonal iron riders for extra stability, and she was the first British battleship with two funnels.

She was armed with a total of 121 guns (32 8-inch (200 mm) guns on the lower gun deck, 30 8-inch (200 mm) guns on the central gun deck, 32 32-pounders on the upper gun deck, 26 32-pounders and one 68-pounder on the upper deck).

Victoria was ordered on 6 January 1855, laid down on 1 April 1856 at Portsmouth, and launched on 12 November 1859. She cost a total of £150,578 (2010: £11,401,000) and had a complement of 1,000.

Sold for scrap, 31 May 1893.

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