HMS Victor Emmanuel (1855)
HMS "Victor Emmanuel" was a screw-propelled 91-gun second-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, originally launched as HMS "Repulse", but renamed shortly after being launched. Construction and commissioning. "Victor Emmanuel" was an , a class originally designed as 80-gun sailing two-deckers. They were re-ordered as screw ships in 1849, and "Victor Emmanuel" was duly reclassified as a 91-gun ship on 26 March 1852. She was built and launched on 27 February 1855 under the name HMS "Repulse", but was renamed "Victor Emmanuel" on 7 December 1855, in honour  of Victor Emmanuel after he visited the ship. She cost a total of £158,086, with £87,597 spent on her hull, and a further £35,588 spent on her machinery. Career. She served in the English Channel, the Mediterranean, and off the African coast during the Anglo-Ashanti wars. On 4 May 1861, "Victor Emmanuel" ran aground on the Leufchino Shoal, in the Mediterranean Sea. Repairs cost £69. She was assigned to Hong Kong to replace HMS "Princess Charlotte" and used as a hospital and receiving ship there from 1873. She was sold in 1899. HMS Victor Emmanuel