HMS Victor Emmanuel (1855)

	Victor Emmanuel, receiving-ship. British squadron China Station, 1897
History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Victor Emmanuel
Ordered	4 April 1851
Builder	Pembroke Dockyard; Machinery by Maudslay, Sons & Field;
Laid down	16 May 1853
Launched	27 February 1855
Commissioned	9 September 1858
Renamed	Launched as HMS Repulse; Renamed HMS Victor Emmanuel on 7 December 1855;
Reclassified	Hospital and receiving ship from 1873
Fate	Sold in 1899
General characteristics
Class and type	Agamemnon-class ship of the line
Tons burthen	3,074 bm
Length	230 ft (70 m) (gundeck)
Beam	55 ft 4 in (16.87 m)
Depth of hold	24 ft 6 in (7.47 m)
Propulsion	Sails; 2-cyl. horizontal single expansion engines; Single screw; 600 nhp; 2,424 ihp;
Sail plan	Full-rigged ship
Speed	10.674kts (machinery)
Complement	860
Armament	(as planned) 80 guns:; Lower deck: 36 × 8in guns; Upper gundeck: 34 × 32pdrs + 2 × 8in guns; Quarterdeck/Forecastle: 2 × 8in + 8 × 10in; (as completed) 91 guns:; Lower deck: 36 × 8in guns; Upper gundeck: 34 × 32pdrs; Quarterdeck/Forecastle: 20 × 32pdrs + 1 × 68 pdr;

HMS Victor Emmanuel was a screw-propelled 91-gun second-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, originally launched as HMS Repulse, but renamed shortly after being launched.

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