H.M.S. Bulwark (1899)

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HMS Bulwark
Career Details
Ordered: 27 June, 1898
Builders: HM Dockyard, Devonport
Laid down: 20 March, 1899
Launched: 18 October, 1899
Commissioned: 11 March, 1902
Fate: Destroyed by internal explosion 26 November, 1914
General Characteristics
Displacement: 15,366 tons (load); 15,995 tons (deep)
Length: 431 feet 9 in (131 m)
Beam: 75 ft
Draught: 27 ft 3 in (load); 28 ft 2 in (deep)
Propulsion: Two sets 3-cylinder vertical triple expansion engines, two in-turning propellers
Speed: 18 knots
Range: 5,550 nautical miles at 10 knots
Complement: 750; 766 as flagship, 1904
Armament: 4 × Mk IX 12 inch guns
12 × Mk VII 6 inch guns
16 × 12 pdr quick-firing guns
2 × 12 pdr boat and field guns
6 × 3 pdr guns
2 × machine guns
4 × 18 in submerged torpedo tubes
Aircraft: None
Motto:

HMS Bulwark was a pre-dreadnought battleship of the Royal Navy. Of the London Sub-Class, she formed part of the backbone of the navy before the advent of the dreadnought battleship in 1906.

She commissioned at Devonport in March, 1902 under Captain F.T. Hamilton for duty in the Mediterranean, where she flew the flag of Admiral Sir C.E. Domville from 1 May. She recommissioned at Devonport under Commander Edward M. Phillpotts, acting Flag Captain to Admiral Lord Charles Beresford. In May, 1905 Captain O.de B. Brock was appointed to command. Paid off in March, 1907 Bulwark was recommissioned as flagship of Rear-Admiral F. Finnis, Rear-Admiral Nore Division, Home Fleet. Captain B.M. Chambers took command, with the crew from the paid-off battleship Resolution.


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