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Friday 11 October 2024

British battleship HMS Empress of India 1889-1913

Trafalgar-class. ©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

Royal Sovereign-class. ©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

Centurion-class. ©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

Part of Royal Sovereign-class preceded by Trafalgar-class succeeded by Centurion-class. Designed by Director of Naval Construction Sir William Henry White 2 February 1845 Plymouth, England-27 February 1913 London, England). In fact an enlarged and modified Admiral-class design. Ordered under 1889 Naval Programme. Laid down by Pembroke Dockyard On 9 July 1889, launched on 7 May 1891, completed in August 1893, commissioned on 11 September 1893, decommissioned in begin 1912 and sunk as a target on 4 November 1913. 

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