HMS Atlas (1860)
| History | |
|---|---|
| United Kingdom | |
| Name | Atlas |
| Owner | Royal Navy |
| Builder | Chatham Dockyard |
| Way number | No. 6 Slip |
| Laid down | 1858 |
| Launched | 21 July 1860 |
| In service | 1861 (in reserve) |
| Out of service | 1885 |
| Fate | Sold 1885 |
| United Kingdom | |
| Name | Atlas |
| Owner | Metropolitan Asylums Board |
| Acquired | 1885 |
| In service | 1881 |
| Out of service | 1904 |
| Homeport | Deptford |
| Fate | Scrapped 1904 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type |
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| Displacement | 5,260 Tons |
| Tons burthen | 3,318 Tons bm |
| Length | 245 ft (74.68 m) |
| Decks | Two decks |
| Propulsion | Steam engine, screw propeller |
| Complement | 860 (planned) |
| Armament |
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HMS Atlas was a 91-gun second rate ship which was never completed and spent her entire service in reserve or as a hospital ship. She was launched in 1860, and lent to the Metropolitan Asylums Board for use as a hospital ship in 1881, and sold to them in 1885. Atlas served until 1904, when she was sold for breaking.