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Online Library of Selected Images:
-- 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.
Click on the small photograph to prompt
a larger view of the same image.
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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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