HMS Favorite (1864)

	HMS Favorite in 1869 with her funnel lowered.
History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Favorite
Laid down	23 August 1860
Launched	5 July 1864
Completed	17 March 1866
Fate	Sold to breakers, 30 March 1886
General characteristics
Displacement	3,232 long tons (3,284 t)
Length	225 ft (69 m)
Beam	46 ft 11 in (14.30 m)
Draught	20 ft (6.1 m) light; 22 ft 9 in (6.93 m) deep load;
Propulsion	Humphreys & Tennant direct acting, 1,770 IHP
Sail plan	Ship-rigged, sail area 18,250 sq ft (1,695 m2)
Speed	11.8 knots (13.6 mph; 21.9 km/h) under power; 10.5 knots (12.1 mph; 19.4 km/h) under sail;
Complement	250
Armament	1866 :; 8 × 100-pounder Somerset cannons; 1869 :; 8 × 7-inch (180 mm) muzzle-loading rifles; 2 × 68-pounder smoothbore guns;
Armour	Battery: 4.5 in (110 mm); Belt: 4.5 inches; Bulkheads: 4.5 in (110 mm);

HMS Favorite was one of the three wooden warships of moderate dimension (the others being HMS Research and HMS Enterprise) selected by Sir Edward Reed for conversion to broadside ironclads in response to the increased tempo of French warship building.

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