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Photo # NH 75981:  HMS Black Prince, photographed circa the 1880s

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-- SHIPS of the BRITISH NAVY --

HMS Black Prince (Ironclad Frigate, 1862-1923)

HMS Black Prince, a 9250-ton ironclad frigate, was the sister ship of the Royal Navy's first seagoing ironclad, HMS Warrior. Built at Glasgow, Scotland, her completion was delayed until September 1862 by a drydock accident during outfitting. Once in service, Black Prince was assigned to the Channel Fleet until 1866, then spent a year as flagship on the Irish coast. Overhauled and rearmed in 1867-68, she became guardship on the Clyde river. The routine of that duty was interrupted in 1869 when she and Warrior towed a large floating drydock from the Azores to Bermuda.

Black Prince was again refitted in 1874-75 and rejoined the Channel Fleet for a tour as flagship of that force's second-in-command. Later in the decade she crossed the Atlantic to visit Canada. In reserve from 1878, and reclassified as an armored cruiser during much of that period, she was reactivated periodically to take part in annual fleet exercises.

Black Prince became a harbor training ship in 1896, stationed at Queenstown, Ireland. She was renamed Emerald in 1903. In 1910 she was taken to Plymouth for use in the training facility there under the name Impregnable III. The old ship was sold for scrapping in 1923.

This page features all our views of the British ironclad frigate Black Prince.

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Photo #: NH 75981

HMS Black Prince
(British Ironclad Frigate, 1862-1923)

At anchor with a steam launch alongside, circa the 1880s.
Note the sheet anchor amidships, just below the forward funnel, and this ship's distinctive 15-foot figurehead.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

Online Image: 86KB; 740 x 610 pixels

 
Photo #: NH 52525

HMS Black Prince
(British Ironclad Frigate, 1862-1923)

At anchor with a steam launch alongside, circa the 1880s.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

Online Image: 60KB; 740 x 460 pixels

 
Photo #: NH 63080

HMS Black Prince

(British Ironclad Frigate, 1862-1923)

Line engraving, published in "Harper's Weekly", 1866.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

Online Image: 138KB; 740 x 610 pixels

 
Photo #: NH 88850

"Jubilee" Fleet Review at Portsmouth, England, 23 July 1887


British warships anchored off Portsmouth during the naval review held in honor of Queen Victoria's 50th year on the throne. Identifiable ships, all dressed with flags) include (from left to right): HMS Minotaur (with five masts), HMS Agincourt (with five masts), HMS Glatton (right center, in middle distance), HMS Black Prince (behind Glatton), and HMS Prince Albert (to the right of Glatton). A small yacht is steaming by in the right foreground.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

Online Image: 71KB; 740 x 485 pixels

 
Photo #: NH 88854

"Jubilee" Fleet Review at Portsmouth, England, 23 July 1887


British warships firing salutes, while anchored off Portsmouth during the naval review held in honor of Queen Victoria's 50th year on the throne.
Identifiable ships, all dressed with flags) include: HMS Minotaur (extreme left), HMS Agincourt (with five masts, in left distance), HMS Glatton (left center), HMS Black Prince (center, with three masts), and HMS Prince Albert (right center, nearest to camera).

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

Online Image: 40KB; 900 x 230 pixels

 


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