| Laid down | 25th October 1881 |
| Launched | 29th January 1884 |
| Completed | June 1888 |
| Commissioned | N/A |
| Fate | Sold for scrapping: 4th April 1905 |
| Builders | HM Dockyard, Chatham United Kingdom |
| Complement | 555 |
| Dimensions | |
|---|---|
| Displacement | 8500 tons max |
| Dimensions | 315' x 62' |
| Draught | 26' 9" |
| Armament | |
| Main guns | 4 x 9.2" breech loaders (4 x 1) |
| Secondary guns | As built: 10 x 6" breech loaders Refitted: 10 x 6" quick firers |
| Torpedo tubes | 6 x 18" above water |
| Other weapons | 4 x 6pdr |
| Countermeasures | None |
| Armour | Belt: 10" on 10" wood Deck: 2" - 4" Bulkheads: 9" C.T.: 9" Gunshields: 2" |
| 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 boilers 2 x Penn 3 cyl. inverted compound |
| Power output | 8000ihp natural draught 10000ihp forced draught |
| Speed | 16kts natural draught 16.75kts forced draught |
| Shafts | 2 |
| Range | N/A |
| Fuel | 1130 tons coal |
Warspite was flagship of the Pacific station between 1890 and 1893, and again between 1899 and 1902. From 1893 to 1896 she was guardship at Queenstown.
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