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Vengeance

HMS Vengeance

Survived

Royal Navy

TypePre-dreadnought battleship
ClassCanopus
WarFirst World War
Main guns4 × 12″ guns

Pre-dreadnought at the Dardanelles.

Format: Fotopositiv Dato / Date: ca. 1899 Fotograf / Photographer: Ukjent Sted / Place: Barrow-in-Furness, England? Wikipedia: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Vengeance_(1899)" rel="nofollow">HMS Vengeance</a> (1899) Wikipedia: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vickers" rel="nofollow"> Photo: Municipal Archives of Trondheim, CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Armament and specifications

Armament

  • 4 × BL 12 in (305 mm) 35-caliber Mk VIII guns
  • 12 × QF 6 in (152 mm) 40-caliber guns
  • 10 × 12-pounder 76 mm (3 in) quick-firing guns
  • 6 × 3-pounder guns
  • 4 × 18 in (457 mm) torpedo tubes

Armour

  • Belt: 6 in
  • Bulkheads: 6–10 in (152–254 mm)
  • Barbettes: 12 in
  • Gun turrets: 8 in (203 mm)
  • Casemates: 5 in (127 mm)
  • Conning tower: 12 in
  • Deck: 1–2 in (25–51 mm)
BuilderVickers, Barrow-in-Furness
Laid down23 August 1898
Launched25 July 1899
Commissioned8 April 1902
DisplacementFull load: 14,300 long tons (14,500 t)
Length421 ft 6 in (128.5 m) (loa)
Speed18 knots (33 km/h)
Complement682

As built, from the ship's Wikipedia article. Figures there may cover later refits too.

Career

Launched

25 July 1899

Fate

Survived

Sold for scrapping 1 December 1921