HMS Bellerophon (1865)

	HMS Bellerophon as she appeared when completed in 1866.
History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Bellerophon
Namesake	Bellerophon
Ordered	23 July 1863
Builder	Chatham Dockyard
Cost	£356,493
Laid down	28 December 1863
Launched	18 April 1865
Completed	11 April 1866
Commissioned	March 1866
Renamed	Indus III in 1904
Reclassified	Training hulk in 1904
Stricken	1914
Nickname(s)	"Old Billy"
Fate	Sold for scrap 12 December 1922
General characteristics
Type	Central battery ironclad
Displacement	7,551 long tons (7,672 t)
Length	300 ft (91.4 m)
Beam	56 ft 1 in (17.1 m)
Draught	26 ft 7 in (8.1 m)
Installed power	6,521 ihp (4,863 kW)
Propulsion	1 shaft, 1 Trunk steam engine
Sail plan	Ship rigged
Speed	14 kn (26 km/h; 16 mph); 10 kn (19 km/h; 12 mph) under sail;
Range	1,500 nmi (2,800 km; 1,700 mi) at 8 kn (15 km/h; 9.2 mph)
Complement	650
Armament	1866:; 10 × 9-inch (229 mm) muzzle-loading rifles; 5 × 7-inch (178 mm) muzzle-loading rifles; 1885:; 10 × BL 8-inch (203 mm) Mk III guns; 4 × 6 in (152 mm) breech loaders; 6 × 4 in (102 mm) breech loaders; 2 × 16-inch (406 mm) torpedo carriages;
Armour	Belt: 5–6 in (127–152 mm); Battery: 6 in (152 mm); Conning tower: 6–8 in (152–203 mm); Bulkheads: 5 in (127 mm); Deck: .5–1 in (13–25 mm);

HMS Bellerophon was a central battery ironclad built for the Royal Navy in the mid-1860s.

History
HMS Bellerophon as she appeared when completed in 1866.
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Bellerophon
Namesake	Bellerophon
Ordered	23 July 1863
Builder	Chatham Dockyard
Cost	£356,493
Laid down	28 December 1863
Launched	18 April 1865
Completed	11 April 1866
Commissioned	March 1866
Renamed	Indus III in 1904
Reclassified	Training hulk in 1904
Stricken	1914
Nickname(s)	"Old Billy"
Fate	Sold for scrap 12 December 1922
General characteristics
Type	Central battery ironclad
Displacement	7,551 long tons (7,672 t)
Length	300 ft (91.4 m)
Beam	56 ft 1 in (17.1 m)
Draught	26 ft 7 in (8.1 m)
Installed power	6,521 ihp (4,863 kW)
Propulsion	1 shaft, 1 Trunk steam engine
Sail plan	Ship rigged
Speed	14 kn (26 km/h; 16 mph) 10 kn (19 km/h; 12 mph) under sail
Range	1,500 nmi (2,800 km; 1,700 mi) at 8 kn (15 km/h; 9.2 mph)
Complement	650
Armament	1866: 10 × 9-inch (229 mm) muzzle-loading rifles 5 × 7-inch (178 mm) muzzle-loading rifles 1885: 10 × BL 8-inch (203 mm) Mk III guns 4 × 6 in (152 mm) breech loaders 6 × 4 in (102 mm) breech loaders 2 × 16-inch (406 mm) torpedo carriages
Armour	Belt: 5–6 in (127–152 mm) Battery: 6 in (152 mm) Conning tower: 6–8 in (152–203 mm) Bulkheads: 5 in (127 mm) Deck: .5–1 in (13–25 mm)