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|align="center" colspan="2"|'''H.M.S. ''Warspite'''''
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!style="color: white; height: 30px; background: crimson;"| Career
!style="color: white; height: 30px; background: crimson;"| Details
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|Built By:
|[[Chatham Royal Dockyard]]
|-
|Laid down:
|[[25 October]], [[1881]]
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|Floated Out:
|[[29 January]], [[1884]]
|-
|Commissioned:
|[[20 June]], [[1888]]
|-
|Sold:
|[[8 November]], [[1921]]
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|Fate:
|Scrapped
|-
|Struck:
|1923
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!colspan="2" align="center" style="color: white; height: 30px; background: crimson  no-repeat scroll top left;"|General Characteristics
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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
|-
|Complement:
|555
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|Armament:
|
*4 × B.L. 9.2-inch 24 ton guns on single mountings.
*10 × 6-inch B.L. guns
*4 × QF 6-pdr (1.4 kg) [1.85"/50 (47 mm)] in single mounts
*2 × 4in BL Mark VII (10.2 cm) guns on 60° HA Mk II mountings
*6 × 18 in (45 cm) torpedo tubes above-water
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Revision as of 19:09, 5 March 2009

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:
  • 4 × B.L. 9.2-inch 24 ton guns on single mountings.
  • 10 × 6-inch B.L. guns
  • 4 × QF 6-pdr (1.4 kg) [1.85"/50 (47 mm)] in single mounts
  • 2 × 4in BL Mark VII (10.2 cm) guns on 60° HA Mk II mountings
  • 6 × 18 in (45 cm) torpedo tubes above-water

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