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Revision as of 16:29, 31 July 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

Bibliography

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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