Canopus (Canopus Class)


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Laid down 1896
Launched October 1897
Completed N/A
Commissioned 1900
Fate Sold for scrapping:
1919
Scrapped:
1920
Builders HM Dockyard, Portsmouth
United Kingdom
Complement 750
Dimensions
Displacement 12950 tons std
14320 tons max
Dimensions 430' x 74'
Draught 26'
Armament
Main guns 4 x 12" (2 x 2)
Secondary guns 12 x 6" (12 x 1)
Torpedo tubes 4 x 18" submerged
Other weapons 10 x 3" (10 x 1)
Countermeasures None
Armour Belt: 6" Krupps cemented
Deck: 2.5"
Barbettes: 12" Krupps cemented
Turrets: 8"
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 Belleville water tube boilers
2 x vertical triple expansion
Power output 15400ihp
Speed 18kts
Shafts 2
Range N/A
Fuel 2300 tons coal

Too slow to be of use at Coronel, Canopus fired the first shots at the battle of the Falklands.

Last altered : 3rd July 1999

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