Resistance, 1861
Type: Ironclad Battleship ; Broadside ironclad frigate ; Armament 6 x 7in, 10 x 68 pdr, 2 x 32 pdr
Laid down : Westwood, Baillie, Campbell and Co., Poplar, 21 Dec 1859 ; Launched : 11 Apr 1861 ;
Disposal date or year : 1898
BM: 3710 tons ; Displacement: 6070 tons
Propulsion: screw & sail ; Complement: 450
Machinery notes: 4 boilers/ Penn trunk engines - 2428 hpi 600 h.p. ; Speed ; 10 knots
Notes:

Some brief notes on the Resistance.

1860 Building, as 22

2 Jul 1862 Sheerness. Commissioned for Service in the Mediterranean.

1864 Mediterranean Station. Reports of Fever onboard. Number of Cases of Disease and Injury.

1870 Coast Guard Service, Rockferry, Birkenhead

17 May 1877 Commissioned at Devonport, with officers from "Achilles"

1877 In the English Channel

1879 Ship of First Reserve

1879 Coast Guard Service

1879 Temporarily employed with the Channel Squadron

1879 Tender: Cromer ; Coast Guard Cruizers: Margaret and Royal Charlotte.

1885 Used for experiments and target practice etc. at Portsmouth.

1898 Sold.