Benbow (Admiral Class)




Laid down 1st November 1882
Launched 15th June 1885
Completed N/A
Commissioned June 1888
Fate Sold for scrapping:
13th July 1909 to Ward
Scrapped:
At Briton Ferry, Swansea
United Kingdom
Builders Thames Ironworks, London
United Kingdom
Complement 523
Dimensions
Displacement 10600 tons std
Dimensions 345' x 68'
Draught 27' 6"
Armament
Main guns 2 x 16.5" (1 x 2)
Secondary guns 10 x 6" (10 x 1)
Torpedo tubes 4 x 14"
Other weapons 20 x 3pdr (20 x 1)
Countermeasures None
Armour Belt: 8" - 18"
Deck: 3"
Barbettes: 10" - 11.5"
C.T.: 2" - 12"
Aircraft Facilities
Aircraft None
Flightdeck None
Hangar None
Catapults None
Arrestor system None
Aviation fuel None
Electronics Fit
Radar None
Sonar None
ECM None
Other N/A
Machinery
Engines 10 x cylindrical 90psi boilers
2 x Humphreys 3 cyl. inverted compound engines
Power output 11500ihp
Speed 16kts
Shafts 2
Range 5000NM @ 10kts
Fuel 1200 tons coal

Last altered : 3rd July 1999

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