HMS Lord Clyde

Total cost £285,750. Lord Clyde and Lord Warden were the last Broadside ships to be built for the Royal Navy. The Lord Clyde commissioned at Plymouth in June 1866, and served for 2 years with the channel Fleet. She was sent to the Mediterranean and was stationed at Malta she had problems with the her engines which had worn badly, she was sent back to the UK for new engines. In 1869 she was sent into reserve at Devonport. In 1871 she was again sent to Malta where she served for 6 months. She got stuck ashore at Pantellaria, but was able to be pulled free by her sister ship HMS Lord warden. She had structural damage and had to be towed back to Malta. Lord Clyde and Lord Warden were the last Broadside ships to be built for the Royal Navy. commissioned at Plymouth in June 1866, and served for 2 years with the channel Fleet. She was sent to the Mediterranean and was stationed at Malta she had problems with the her engines which had worn badly, she was sent back to the UK for new engines.. In 1869 she was sent into reserve at Devonport. In 1871 she was again sent to Malta where she served for 6n months. got stuck ashore at Pantellaria,m but was able to be pulled free by her sister ship HMS Lord warden. She had structural damage and had to be towed back to Malta. Temporarily repaired at Malta she was again sent back to the UK escorted by HMS Defence. It was planned to give her a major complete overhaul at Plymouth but her hull was found to be baldy rotten (her timbers had timber fungus.) They tried to save the ship over a period of 3 years but at the end she had to be sold for scrap before her decay made her to bad condition for purchase for scrap. NOTES: These Wooden Broadside ironclads were considered to be the worst capital ships in the Royal Navy for rolling at Sea. Displacement: 7750 tons. Crew 605. Speed 13.4 knots. Armament: Two 9 inch MLR, Fourteen 8 inch MLR Two 7 inch MLR, and two 20 pdr BL.

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