Devastation (Devastation Class)


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Laid down 12th November 1869
Launched 12th June 1871
Completed N/A
Commissioned 19th April 1873
Fate Sold for scrapping:
1908 to T.W. Ward, Inverkeithing
United Kingdom
Builders HM Dockyard, Portsmouth
United Kingdom
Complement 358
Dimensions
Displacement 9180 tons std
13000 tons max
Dimensions 285' x 62' 3"
Draught 26' 6"
Armament
Main guns As built:
4 x 12" MLR (2 x 2)
Refitted:
2 x 12.5" MLR (1 x 2)
2 x 12" MLR (1 x 2)
Secondary guns As built:
1 x 9pdr
1892:
1 x 9pdr
6 x 6pdr (6 x 1)
9 x 3pdr (9 x 1)
Torpedo tubes 2 x 14"
Other weapons N/A
Countermeasures None
Armour Belt: 10" - 12"
Deck: 1.25" - 3"
Turrets: 12" - 14"
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 As built:
Rectangular 30psi boilers
2 x Penn trunk engines
Refitted:
Cylindrical 30psi boilers
2 x triple expansion
Power output 5632ihp
Speed 14kts
Shafts 2
Range N/A
Fuel 1800 tons coal

Devastations forward guns were changed to 12.5" muzzle loaders shortly after completion.

Last altered : 29th June 1999

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