HMS Camperdown (1885)
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| Career |  |
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| Builder: | Portsmouth Dockyard |
| Laid down: | 18 December 1882 |
| Launched: | 24 November 1885 |
| Completed: | July 1889 |
| Fate: | Broken up, |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 10,600 tons |
| Length: | 330 ft (100 m) |
| Beam: | 68.5 ft (20.9 m) |
| Draught: | 27.25 ft (8.31 m) maximum |
| Propulsion: |
Two-shaft Maudslay compound inverted I.H.P.= 7,500 normal, 11,500 forced draught |
| Speed: | 17.1 knots (31.7 km/h) (forced draught) |
| Complement: | 530 |
| Armament: | Four 13.5 in (343 mm) breech loaders Four 6 in (152 mm) breech loaders Twelve 6 pounders (2.7 kg) guns Ten 3 pounder (1.4 kg) quick-firers Five above-water torpedo tubes |
| Armour: | Belt 18 inches upper strake, 8 inches lower strake Barbettes 14 inches (360 mm) to 12 inches (300 mm) Conning towers 12 inches (300 mm) to 2 inches (51 mm) Battery screens 6 inches (150 mm) Upper deck 3 inches (76 mm) Lower deck 2.5 inches (64 mm) |
HMS Camperdown was a Victorian era battleship of the Royal Navy, named after Adam Duncan, 1st Viscount Duncan of Camperdown.
She was a full sister to HMS Anson, and was an improved version of the earlier HMS Howe and HMS Rodney. In comparison to these earlier ships she had an increased thickness of barbette armour, and a lengthened armour belt. The extra armour carried increased the displacement by 350 tons; in order not to increase the draught she was lengthened by 5 feet (1.5 m) and was given 6 inches (150 mm) more beam.
The 13.5-inch (340 mm)-calibre guns were carried in two pairs, in barbettes positioned on the centre-line at either end of the superstructure. They were carried at a height of twenty feet above the full-load water-line, and possessed firing arcs of some 270°. Each shell weighed 1,250 pounds, and would penetrate 27 inches (690 mm) of iron at a range of 1,000 yards (910 m).
[edit] Service history
She was commissioned at Portsmouth on 18 July 1889, and initially went into reserve. In December 1889 she was posted to the Mediterranean Fleet as flagship, where she remained until being posted as flagship of the Channel Fleet in May 1890. She was paid off in May 1892 into Fleet reserve, recommissioning in July 1892 into the Mediterranean Fleet. On 22 June 1893 she collided with and sank HMS Victoria (See HMS Victoria for details). In September 1899 she went into Category B reserve, and in May 1900 into Dockyard reserve. In July 1900 she commissioned as a coast guard ship at Lough Swilly until May 1903. She was in reserve at Chatham until 1908, and was employed at Harwich as a berthing ship for submarines until she was sold in 1911.
[edit] References
- Oscar Parkes, British Battleships ISBN 0-85052-604-3
- Conway, All the World's Fighting Ships ISBN 0-85177-133-5
- maritimequest.com: HMS Camperdown
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