HMS Warspite (1884)
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 HMS Warspite, about 1885 |
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| Career |  |
|---|---|
| Class and type: | Imperieuse-class armoured cruiser |
| Name: | HMS Warspite |
| Builder: | Chatham Dockyard |
| Laid down: | 25 October 1881 |
| Launched: | 29 January 1884 |
| Commissioned: | 1886 |
| Fate: | Sold for breaking up April 4, 1905 |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 8,400 tons |
| Length: | 315 ft (96 m) pp |
| Beam: | 62 ft (19 m) |
| Draught: | 26 ft 9 in (8.2 m) |
| Propulsion: | 2 Shaft Penn engine |
| Speed: | 16.75kts |
| Complement: | 555 |
| Armament: | 4 x 9.2 in (230 mm) guns 6 x 6 in (150 mm) guns 6 x torpedo tubes |
| Armour: | Belt 10 in |
For other ships of the same name, see HMS Warspite.
HMS Warspite was an Imperieuse-class first-class armoured cruiser, launched on January 29, 1884 and commissioned in 1886. Warspite was the flagship on the Pacific Station between 1890 and 1893, then a port guard ship at Queenstown until 1896. From 1896 to 1899 she again served as the flagship of the Pacific Station.
She was sold on April 4, 1904 to Ward of Preston. She arrived on the River Mersey on October 3, 1905 and then travelled on to Preston for breaking up.
[edit] References
- Colledge, J. J. and Warlow, Ben (2006). Ships of the Royal Navy: the complete record of all fighting ships of the Royal Navy, Rev. ed., London: Chatham. ISBN 9781861762818. OCLC 67375475.
- Roger Chesneau and Eugene M. Kolesnik, ed., Conway's All The Worlds Fighting Ships, 1860-1905, (Conway Maritime Press, London, 1979), ISBN 0-85177-133-5
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