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builder=[[Pembroke Royal Dockyard]]
builder=[[Pembroke Royal Dockyard]]
order=
order=
laid=
laid=24 Apr, 1883
launch=17 February, 1886
launch=17 Feb, 1886
comm=28 May, 1889
comm=28 May, 1889
fate=Sold
fate2=Scrapped
fatedate=13 Jul, 1909
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builder=[[Thames Iron Works]]
builder=[[Thames Iron Works]]
order=
order=
laid=
laid=1 Nov, 1882
launch=15 June, 1885
launch=15 Jun, 1885
comm=14 June, 1888
comm=14 Jun, 1888
fate=Sold
fate2=Scrapped
fatedate=13 Jul, 1909
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builder=[[Portsmouth Royal Dockyard]]
builder=[[Portsmouth Royal Dockyard]]
order=
order=
laid=
laid=18 Dec, 1882
launch=24 November, 1885
launch=24 Nov, 1885
comm=18 July, 1889
comm=18 Jul, 1889
fate=Sold
fate2=Scrapped
fatedate=11 Jul, 1911
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builder=[[Pembroke Royal Dockyard]]
builder=[[Pembroke Royal Dockyard]]
order=
order=
laid=
laid=7 Jun, 1882
launch=28 April, 1885
launch=28 Apr, 1885
comm=18 July, 1889
comm=18 Jul, 1889
fate=Sold
fate2=Scrapped
fatedate=11 Oct, 1910
}
}


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builder=[[Chatham Royal Dockyard]]
builder=[[Chatham Royal Dockyard]]
order=
order=
laid=
laid=6 Feb, 1882
launch=8 October, 1884
launch=8 Oct, 1884
comm=20 June, 1888
comm=20 Jun, 1888
fate=Sold
fate2=Scrapped
fatedate=11 May, 1909
}
}



Revision as of 20:30, 15 August 2012

Torpedoes

Anson, along with both ships of the Trafalgar class lost torpedoes fired from their above-water stem tubes on a single day on 20 November 1895. The issue arose when the mouths of these tubes became submerged above certain speeds, prompting a cessation of practice and a review of whether these tubes should be used in practice, action, or simply abolished. The consensus was that battleships did not require these tubes, but "cruizers" and torpedo boats might yet. The thinking was that these ships were not strong enough for safely ramming, and the bow tubes, when fired at slow to moderate speeds offered, in effect, an extended ram and the only torpedo fire into undisturbed water. The Admiral class was noted as being keenly afflicted by this fault. The decision was made to stop most practice and to leave combat use of these tubes to the discretion of the commanders, probably to be limited to low speeds in mild seas.[1]

Footnotes

  1. Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1896, pp. 34-6.

Bibliography


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