HMS Victor Emanuel

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Victor Emanuel, 1855
Type: 2nd rate ; Armament 91
Launched : 27 Sep 1855 ; Disposal date or year : 1899
BM: 3087 tons ; Displacement: 5157 tons
Propulsion: Screw Complement: 820
Machinery notes: 600 h.p.
Notes:

Laid down as Repulse.

4 Feb 1856 Portsmouth. In the Steam Basin.

26 Mar 1856 Taken into dock today to be fitted for service.

1860 Mediterranean.

1870 Portsmouth.

1873 Receiving Ship.

24 Jan 1874 at Cape Coast Castle as a hospital ship during the Ashanti War.

1 Dec 1874 Recommissioned at Hong Kong.

1879 Receiving Ship, Hong Kong.

1879 Officers borne for: Hong Kong Yard ; reventing heavy guns ; Hong Kong Hospital ; Service at Shanghae.

Apr 1886 Hong Kong.

1890 Commodore-in-Charge, Hong Kong.

1890 Hong Kong. Receiving Ship.

1890 Tenders: "Esk", "Tweed". "Wivern".