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*4 × B.L. 9.2-inch 24 ton guns on single mountings. | *4 × B.L. 9.2-inch 24 ton guns on single mountings. | ||
*10 × 6-inch B.L. guns | *10 × 6-inch B.L. guns | ||
*4 × | *4 × Q.F. 6-pdr (1.4 kg) [1.85"/50 (47 mm)] in single mounts | ||
*2 × 4in | *2 × 4in B.L. Mark VII (10.2 cm) guns on 60° H.A. Mk II mountings | ||
*6 × 18 in (45 cm) torpedo tubes above-water | *6 × 18 in (45 cm) torpedo tubes above-water | ||
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Revision as of 18:41, 16 September 2012
| H.M.S. Warspite | |
| Career | Details |
|---|---|
| Built By: | Chatham Royal Dockyard |
| Laid down: | 25 October, 1881 |
| Floated Out: | 29 January, 1884 |
| Commissioned: | 20 June, 1888 |
| Sold: | 8 November, 1921 |
| Fate: | Scrapped |
| Struck: | 1923 |
| General Characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 8,500 tons |
| Length: | 315 feet |
| Beam: | 62 feet |
| Draught: | 27 feet 3 inches |
| Propulsion: | 4 sets inverted compound engines 8,000 i.h.p. 10,000 i.h.p. (Forced Draught) |
| Speed: | 16.7 knots (Forced Draught) |
| Range: | 5,500 miles at 10 knots |
| Complement: | 555 |
| Armament: |
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Captains
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
- CaptainHedworth Meux, 4 February, 1890, as Flag Captain to Rear-Admiral Charles F. Hotham, on the Pacific Station.[1]
- CaptainThomas Philip Walker,
Footnotes
- ↑ The Navy List (March, 1891). p. 266.
Bibliography
- Chesneau, Robert; Kolesnik, Eugene (editors) (1979). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. London: Conway Maritime Press. (on Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk).
- Parkes, O.B.E., Ass.I.N.A., Dr. Oscar (1990). British Battleships 1860–1950. London: Pen & Sword Ltd. ISBN 0850526043. (on Bookfinder.com).
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