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| Name | Atlas (1860) | Explanation | |
| Type | Second rate | Type | Two-decker |
| Launched | 21 July 1860 | ||
| Hull | Wooden | Length | 245 feet |
| Propulsion | Screw | Men | 860 |
| Builders measure | 3318 tons | ||
| Displacement | 5260 tons | ||
| Guns | 91 | ||
| Fate | 1904 | Last in commission | - |
| Class | Revenge | ||
| Ships book | ADM 135/29 | ||
| Career | |||
| Date | Event | ||
| Never fitted for sea. | |||
| 21 July 1860 | Launched at Chatham Dockyard. | ||
| (1861) | In reserve, Sheerness. | ||
| (1874) | In reserve, Chatham. | ||
| July 1881 | Hospital ship, Greenwich (lent to Metropolitan Asylum Board at time of smallpox epidemic; together with Endymion, lent as administration ship). | ||
| August 1882 | Moved to Depford Creek. | ||
| 1884 | Lent to Metropolitan Asylum Board. | ||
| 1904 | Sold for breaking up upon opening of smallpox hospital at Joyce Green, Dartford. | ||
| Extracts from the Times newspaper | |||
| Date | Extract | ||
| Fr 28 January 1859 | The Atlas, 91, one of the new screw steamers of the line, ordered to be built at Chatham-dockyard, will, in all probability, be launched during the present year, when she will be attached to the Channel squadron. The Hood, 91, just completed at Chatham, is also intended for the Channel fleet. | ||
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