| Name: | SWIFTSURE |
| Type: | Battleship |
| Keel: | 31/08/1868 |
| Launched: | 15/06/1870 |
| Completed: | 27/06/1872 |
| Builder: | Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co |
| Yard: | Jarrow |
| Yard Number: | 240 |
| Dimensions: | 6910disp, 280.0 x 55.0 x 24.5(draft)ft |
| Engines: | 2cyl, 4910ihp; also rigged as a Ship |
| Engines by: | Maudslay, Sons & Field, Lambeth |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 12.5knots |
| Construction: | Iron |
| Armament: | 10 x 1 x 9.0ins, 4 x 1 x 64pdr guns |
| History: | |
| 27/06/1872 | British Royal Navy |
| 1901 | Stricken |
| 14/07/1908 | Broken up |
| Comments: | Fitted with a hoisting screw |
| Name ship of the SWIFTSURE Class of battleships | |
| 1901: Converted to a stores hulk; renamed ORONTES | |
| 14/07/1908: Sold for breaking up by Castle |
Above photo is courtesy of Kevin Blair
Above image is courtesy of The National Maritime Museum
Shields Daily Gazette, Wednesday, 15/06/1870
Shields Daily Gazette, Thursday, 16/06/1870