| Name | Cambridge (launched as Windsor Castle) | Explanation |
| Type | 1st rate |
Type | Three-decker |
| Launched | 26 August 1858 |
Converted to screw | on the stocks |
| Hull | Wooden |
Length | 204 feet |
| Propulsion | Screw |
Men | 930 |
| Builders measure | 3101 tons |
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| Displacement | 4971 tons |
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| Guns | 116 |
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| Fate | 1908 |
Last in commission | - |
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| Ships book | ADM 135/75 |
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| Career |
| Date | Event |
| | Never fitted for sea. |
| 6 January 1855 | = Windsor Castle (laid down as Victoria). |
| 26 August 1858 | Launched at Pembroke Dockyard. |
| (1860) | Devonport |
| January 1869 | Renamed Cambridge, gunnery training ship, Portsmouth, replacing 3rd rate sailing ship Cambridge (1815-1869). |
January 1869
- May 1871 | Commanded by Captain Fitzgerald Algernon Charles Foley, gunnery ship, Devonport |
| 12 August 1877 | Commanded by Captain Thomas Le Hunte Ward, gunnery ship, Devonport (tenders: Gorgon, Plucky and Sabrina) |
15 August 1883
- 25 August 1886 | Commanded by Captain George Stanley Bosanquet, gunnery ship, Devonport |
| (1890) | Gunnery ship, Devonport. Includes officers borne for Foudroyant and Perseus. Tenders: Bonetta, Bulldog, Cuckoo, Hecate, Plucky, Sabrina and Snap. |
| 24 June 1908 | Sold to Cox for breaking up at Falmouth. |
| Extracts from the Times newspaper |
| Date | Extract |
| Th 13 September 1860 | The following ships and gunboats in the first-class steam reserve could be got ready for the pendant at a short notice:- The Windsor Castle, 100; the Revenge, 91; the Orlando, 60; the Forth, 12; the Seahorse, 12; the Merlin, 6; and the Hyena, the Gleaner, the Nightingale, the Steady, the Spider, the Delight, the Goldfinch, the Charon, and the Lark. The following, in Keyham steam yard, are in a forward state:- The Howe, 121; the Gibraltar, 101; the Brunswick, 80; the Phoebe, 51; the Narcissus, 51; the Jason, 21; and the Desperate, 8. |
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