Victoria-class
Trafalgar-class
Of the Trafalgar-class with as sister ship Nile. Preceded by the Admiral and Victoria-classes and succeeded by the HMS Hood and the Royal Sovereign and Centurion-classes. Laid down at the Portsmouth Dockyard on 18 January 1886, launched on 20 September 1887, commissioned on 2 April 1890, port guard ship at Portsmouth 1897-1902, training ship for gun turret crews and submerged torpedo tubes handling and finally sold to be broken up on 9 April 1912.
Displacement 11.940 (original design)-12.590 tons and as dimensions 105 (between perpendiculars) x 22 x 8,69 metres or 345 x73 x 28.6 feet. The 2-shaft Humphries triple expansion machinery delivered 7.500 (normal draught)-12.102 (forced draught) ihp allowing a speed of 15,1 (natural draught)-17,2 9forced draught) knots. Her crew numbered 577 men. The armour consisted of a 35,6cm/14”(ends)-50,8cm/20” (amidships) thick belt, bulkheads of 35,6cm/14” (aft)-40,6cm/16” (fore), battery bulkheads of 10,2-12,7cm4-5” thickness, 7,6cm/3” thick deck and the citadel, turrets and conning tower protected by respectively 40,6-45,7cm/16-18”, 45,7cm/18” and 45,6cm/14”. The armament consisted of 2x2-34,4cm/13.5” breech loading guns, 6-12cm/4.7” quick firing guns (replaced in October 1896 by 6-15cm/6” quick firing guns), 8-6pd guns, 9-3pd guns and 5 torpedo tubes.
