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|align="center" colspan="2"|'''H.M.S. ''Warspite'''''
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|name=Warspite
|Built By:
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|launch=29 Jan, 1884{{Conways1860|p. 64}}
|[[Chatham Royal Dockyard]]
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|laid=25 Oct, 1881{{Conways1860|p. 64}}
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|25 October, 1881
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|29 January, 1884
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|Commissioned:
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|20 June, 1888
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|Sold:
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|8 November, 1921
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|Fate:
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|Scrapped
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|Struck:
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|1923
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|Displacement:
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|8,500 tons
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|Length:
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|315 feet
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|Beam:
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|62 feet
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|Draught:
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|27 feet 3 inches
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|Propulsion:
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|4 sets inverted compound engines<br>8,000 i.h.p.<br>10,000 i.h.p. (Forced Draught)
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|Speed:
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|16.7 knots (Forced Draught)
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|Range:
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|5,500 miles at 10 knots
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|Complement:
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|555
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|Armament:
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*4 × B.L. 9.2-inch 24 ton guns on single mountings.
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*10 × 6-inch B.L. guns
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*4 × Q.F. 6-pdr (1.4 kg) [1.85"/50 (47 mm)] in single mounts
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*2 × 4in B.L. Mark VII (10.2 cm) guns on 60° H.A. Mk II mountings
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*6 × 18 in (45 cm) torpedo tubes above-water
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==Captains==
 
==Captains==

Revision as of 17:24, 23 September 2012

H.M.S. Warspite (1884)
Builder: Chatham Royal Dockyard [1]
Laid down: 25 Oct, 1881[2]
Launched: 29 Jan, 1884[3]
Commissioned: Jun, 1888[4]
Sold: 4 Apr, 1905[5]
Fate: Scrapped


Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

Footnotes

  1. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 64.
  2. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 64.
  3. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 64.
  4. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 64.
  5. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 64.
  6. The Navy List (March, 1891). p. 266.

Bibliography



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