Revenge / Redoubtable (Royal Sovereign Class)

Laid down	1890
Launched	1892
Completed	N/A
Commissioned	March 1894
Fate	Sold for scrapping: 1919
Builders	Palmers, Tyneside United Kingdom
Complement	712
Dimensions
Displacement	14150 tons std 15580 tons max
Dimensions	410' 6" x 75'
Draught	27' 6"
Armament
Main guns	As built: 4 x 13.5" (2 x 2) Refitted: 4 x 12" (2 x 2)
Secondary guns	10 x 6" (10 x 1)
Torpedo tubes	7 x 18" 2 submerged, 5 above water
Other weapons	16 x 6pdr (16 x 1) 12 x 3pdr (12 x 1)
Countermeasures	None
Armour	Belt: 4" - 18" Deck: 3" Barbettes: 17"
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	Cylindrical boilers 2 x Humphreys vertical triple expansion
Power output	13000ihp
Speed	18kts
Shafts	2
Range	N/A
Fuel	1400 tons coal

Revenge was listed for sale in 1913, but reactivated in 1914, renamed Redoubtable to release the name. She had anti torpedo bulges fitted that could be flooded to heel the ship and increase the range of the guns, which were sleeved down to 12". She was used for shore bombardment with the Dover Patrol.

Last altered : 3rd July 1999

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