Dreadnought (Dreadnought Class)


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Laid down 10th September 1870
Launched 8th March 1875
Completed N/A
Commissioned 15th February 1879
Fate Sold for scrapping:
14th July 1908 to T.W. Ward, Inverkeithing
United Kingdom
Builders HM Dockyard, Pembroke
United Kingdom
Complement 440
Dimensions
Displacement 10866 tons std
13000 tons max
Dimensions 343' x 63' 9"
Draught 26' 9"
Armament
Main guns 4 x 12.5" MLR (2 x 2)
Secondary guns As built:
6 x 6pdr
Refitted:
6 x 6pdr
12 x 3pdr (12 x 1)
Torpedo tubes 2 x 14"
Other weapons N/A
Countermeasures None
Armour Belt: 8" - 14"
Deck: 2.5" - 3"
Turrets: 14"
C.T.: 6" - 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 12 x rectangular boilers
2 x Humphrey & Tennant compound engines
Power output 8210ihp
Speed 14kts
Shafts 2
Range N/A
Fuel 1800 tons coal

Dreadnought was to have been a third Devastation named Fury, but after the capsize of the Captain she was modified and renamed.

Last altered : 29th June 1999

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