Belleisle Class Ram (1876)
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Two Belleisle class armoured rams were designed and built for Turkish service, but were bought up in the Russian war scare of 1878 for service in the Royal Navy.
| Overview of 2 vessels | |||||
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| Citations for this data available on individual ship pages | |||||
| Name | Builder | Laid Down | Launched | Completed | Fate |
| Belleisle | Samuda Brothers, Poplar | 1874 | 12 Feb, 1876 | Sold 1904 | |
| Orion | Samuda Brothers, Poplar | 23 Jan, 1879 | Sold 1913 | ||
Construction and Design
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Bibliography
- Chesneau, Robert; Kolesnik, Eugene (editors) (1979). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. London: Conway Maritime Press. (on Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk).
