Nile (Trafalgar Class)


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Laid down 8th April 1886
Launched 27th March 1888
Completed N/A
Commissioned 30th June 1891
Fate Sold for scrapping:
7th July 1912
Scrapped:
At Briton Ferry, Swansea
United Kingdom
Builders HM Dockyard, Pembroke
United Kingdom
Complement 558
Dimensions
Displacement 11940 tons std
12590 tons max
Dimensions 368' x 73'
Draught 28'
Armament
Main guns 4 x 13.5" (2 x 2)
Secondary guns As built:
6 x 4.7" (6 x 1)
Refitted:
6 x 6" (6 x 1)
Torpedo tubes As built:
4 x 14" above water
Refitted:
2 x 14" submerged
Other weapons 8 x 6pdr (8 x 1)
9 x 3pdr (9 x 1)
Countermeasures None
Armour Belt: 14" - 20"
Deck: 3"
Turrets: 18"
C.T.: 2" - 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 6 x cylindrical boilers
2 x Humphreys vertical triple expansion
Power output 12000ihp
Speed 17kts
Shafts 2
Range 6500NM @ 10kts
Fuel 1200 tons coal

Last altered : 3rd July 1999

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