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HMS Forte (1858)
HMS Forte was a Royal Navy mixed propulsion propeller forte class frigate of the Royal Navy launched on 29 May 1858. Wooden-hulled, she was 64.6 m long, 15.2 m wide, 3456 tons displacement, and had a crew of 515 men. She was a mixed propulsion ship, with a frigate rig and a steam engine driving a propeller. She carried 51 guns. She served her last commission for the Royal Navy in 1872, passing to Chatham (Kent), where she underwent modifications in 1879 for transport duties, and in 1894 she was converted to serve as a coal depot. On 23 November 1905 she burned while in port with 1800 tons of coal on board and was sunk by boats from the torpedo training ship HMS Acteon to prevent the fire from spreading.