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|align="center" colspan="2"|'''H.M.S. ''Warspite'''''
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!style="color: white; height: 30px; background: crimson;"| Career
|fatedate=4 Apr, 1905{{Conways1860|p. 64}}
!style="color: white; height: 30px; background: crimson;"| Details
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|name=Warspite
|Built By:
|launch=29 Jan, 1884{{Conways1860|p. 64}}
|[[Chatham Royal Dockyard]]
|builder=[[Chatham Royal Dockyard]] {{Conways1860|p. 64}}
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|laid=25 Oct, 1881{{Conways1860|p. 64}}
|Laid down:
|fate=Sold
|25 October, 1881
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|Floated Out:
 
|29 January, 1884
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|Commissioned:
|20 June, 1888
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|Sold:
|8 November, 1921
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|Fate:
|Scrapped
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|Struck:
|1923
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|Displacement:
|8,500 tons
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|Length:
|315 feet
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|Beam:
|62 feet
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|Draught:
|27 feet 3 inches
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|Propulsion:
|4 sets inverted compound engines<br>8,000 i.h.p.<br>10,000 i.h.p. (Forced Draught)
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|Speed:
|16.7 knots (Forced Draught)
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|Range:
|5,500 miles at 10 knots
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|Complement:
|555
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|Armament:
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*4 × B.L. 9.2-inch 24 ton guns on single mountings.
*10 × 6-inch B.L. guns
*4 × Q.F. 6-pdr (1.4 kg) [1.85"/50 (47 mm)] in single mounts
*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
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==Captains==
==Captains==

Revision as of 21:24, 23 September 2012

H.M.S. Warspite (1884)
Builder: Chatham Royal Dockyard [1]
Laid down: 25 Oct, 1881[2]
Launched: 29 Jan, 1884[3]
Commissioned: Jun, 1888[4]
Sold: 4 Apr, 1905[5]
Fate: Scrapped


Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 64.
  2. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 64.
  3. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 64.
  4. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 64.
  5. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 64.
  6. ↑ The Navy List (March, 1891). p. 266.

Bibliography



Imperieuse Class Armoured Cruiser
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