Achilles, 1863
Type: Broadside ironclad frigate or aka a Screw Battleship, 3rd Class, Armoured ; Armament 20
Laid down : Chatham 1 Aug 1861 ; Launched : 23 Dec 1863 ; Disposal date or year : 1925
BM: 6121 tons ; Displacement: 9694 tons
Propulsion: Screw Complement: 705
Machinery notes: 5722 hpi 1250 nhp ; Speed ; 14.3 knots ;
Notes:

Some brief notes on the Achilles.

15 Sep 1864 Chatham. Commissioned for Particular or Irregular service prior to joining the Channel Squadron.

16 Sept to 31 Dec 1864 Irregular service. Medical report : brain disease, and VD onboard : number of Cases of Disease and Injury.

1865-68 Channel Squadron

1869-74 Coast Guard Service, Portland

23 Jan 1871 7 ship's stewards will appear at a Court Martial to be held on board the Duke of Wellington, at Portsmouth, tomorrow, which includes E.J. Knight of the Achilles.

1875-77 Guardship at Liverpool

17 May 1877 Commissioned Devonport - officers turned over from Resistance.

1878-80 Mediterranean

1880-85 Channel Fleet

1886 Harbour Service

1890 Devonport ; officers borne in Indus

11 Feb 1900 The old Achilles is to be stripped and dismantled. Her last service was in the recent Parliamentary return, wherein she helped to swell the lists of armoured cruisers.

1902 Base Ship Hibernia

1904 Renamed Egmont.

1918 Renamed Egremont.

1919 Renamed Pembroke.