HMS Camperdown (1885)
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HMS Camperdown
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Name | HMS Camperdown |
Namesake | Admiral Adam Duncan, 1st Viscount Duncan of Camperdown |
Builder | Portsmouth Dockyard |
Laid down | 18 December 1882 |
Launched | 24 November 1885 |
Completed | July 1889 |
Fate | Sold 1911; broken up |
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Class and type | Admiral-class battleship |
Displacement | 10,600 long tons (10,800 t) |
Length | 330 ft (100 m) |
Beam | 68 ft 6 in (20.88 m) |
Draught | 27 ft 3 in (8.31 m) maximum |
Installed power |
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Propulsion |
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Speed | 17.1 kn (19.7 mph; 31.7 km/h) (forced draught) |
Complement | 530 |
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Armour |
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HMS Camperdown was an
Design
She was a full sister to Anson, and was an improved version of the earlier Howe and Rodney. In comparison to these earlier ships, she had an increased thickness of barbette armour, and a lengthened armour belt. The extra armour carried increased the displacement by 350 long tons (360 t); in order not to increase the draught, she was lengthened by 5 ft (1.5 m) and was given 6 in (15 cm) more beam.
The 13.5 in (340 mm) guns were carried in two pairs, in barbettes positioned on the centre-line at either end of the superstructure. They were carried at a height of 20 ft (6.1 m) above the full-load water-line, and possessed firing arcs of some 270°. Each shell weighed 1,250 lb (570 kg), and would penetrate 27 in (69 cm) of iron at a range of 1,000 yd (910 m).
History
Camperdown was commissioned at Portsmouth on 18 July 1889, and initially went into reserve. In December 1889 she was posted to the Mediterranean Fleet as
In 1897, Camperdown arrived off
In September 1899, Camperdown went into Category B reserve, and in May 1900 into Dockyard reserve. In July 1900 she commissioned as a coast guard ship at Lough Swilly until May 1903. During early Summer (April to June) 1902 she visited
References
Notes
- ^ Chesneau, Koleśnik & Campbell 1979, p. 29.
- ^ Clowes, p. 446.
- ^ McTiernan, p. 22.
- ^ McTiernan, p. 35.
- ^ Clowes, pp. 446–447.
- ^ McTiernan, p. 42.
- ^ "Naval and Military intelligence". The Times. No. 36735. London. 7 April 1902. p. 8.
- ^ "The Coronation – Naval Review". The Times. No. 36845. London. 13 August 1902. p. 4.
- ^ "Naval & Military intelligence". The Times. No. 36883. London. 26 September 1902. p. 8.
- ^ "Naval & Military intelligence". The Times. No. 36885. London. 29 September 1902. p. 8.
Bibliography
- Chesneau, Roger; Koleśnik, Eugène M.; Campbell, N.J.M. (1979). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. London: Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-85177-133-5.
- Clowes, Sir William Laird. The Royal Navy: A History From the Earliest Times to the Death of Queen Victoria, Volume Seven. London: Chatham Publishing, 1997. ISBN 1-86176-016-7.
- ISBN 978-1-68247-329-0.
- Lyon, David & Winfield, Rif (2004). The Sail & Steam Navy List: All the Ships of the Royal Navy 1815–1889. London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 1-86176-032-9.
- McTiernan, Mick, A Very Bad Place Indeed For a Soldier. The British involvement in the early stages of the European Intervention in Crete. 1897 - 1898, King's College, London, September 2014.
- ISBN 1-55750-075-4.