Mid-Victorian RN vessel HMS Emerald (launched as Black Prince)

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Name	Emerald (launched as Black Prince)	Explanation
Type	Ironclad broadside frigate
Launched	27 February 1861
Hull	Iron
Propulsion	Screw
Builders measure	6109 tons
Displacement	9210 tons
Guns	40
Fate	1923
Class	Warrior
Ships book	ADM 135/46
Note	Laid down as Invincible. 1899 t.s. 1903 = Emerald. 1910 = Impregnable III
Snippets concerning this vessels career
Date	Event
17 June 1862 - 20 September 1864	Commanded by Captain James Francis Ballard Wainwright, Channel squadron (second in command)
20 September 1864	Commanded by Captain Frederick Herbert Kerr, Channel squadron
7 May 1866	Commanded by Captain John Corbett, flagship at Queenstown
9 September 1868 - 6 September 1871	Commanded by Captain Alexander Crombie Gordon, Coast Guard, Greenock (replacing Lion), (and, May 1869 cruise of the Reserve Fleet)
6 September 1871	Commanded by Captain Edward Lacy, Coast Guard, Greenock (and 1873 cruise of the Reserve Squadron)
29 July 1875	Commanded by Captain Thomas Bridgeman Lethbridge, flagship of Rear-Admiral Lord John Hay, then (1 Jan 1877) Rear-Admiral Augustus Phillimore second in command, Channel squadron
27 April 1878 - 23 December 1878	Commanded (until paying off at Portsmouth) by Captain Duke of Edinburgh, Mediterranean
1903	Renamed Emerald
1910	Renamed Impregnable III