HMS Victorious (1895)
 HMS Victorious in 1898
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| History | |
|---|---|
 United Kingdom | |
| Name | HMS Victorious |
| Ordered | 1893–1894 Naval Estimates |
| Builder | Chatham Dockyard |
| Laid down | 28 May 1894 |
| Launched | 19 October 1895 |
| Completed | November 1896 |
| Commissioned | 4 November 1896 |
| Decommissioned | 28 March 1920 |
| Fate | Sold for scrapping 9 April 1923 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Majestic-class pre-dreadnought battleship |
| Displacement | 16,060 long tons (16,320 t) |
| Length | 421 ft (128 m) |
| Beam | 75 ft (23 m) |
| Draught | 27 ft (8.2 m) |
| Propulsion | 2 × 3-cylinder triple expansion steam engines, twin screws |
| Speed | 16 kn (30 km/h; 18 mph) |
| Complement | 672 |
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HMS Victorious was one of nine
After returning to the United Kingdom in 1904, Victorious served as the second
Design
Victorious was 421 feet (128 m)
The ship was armed with a
Victorious and the other ships of her class had 9 inches (229 mm) of
Operational history
Victorious was
In 1900, she returned to the Mediterranean and underwent a refit at
Captain Robert Falcon Scott, the Antarctic explorer, served as her Captain, acting as Flag Captain to Rear-Admiral George Egerton aboard her, for a period in 1906. Her Atlantic Fleet service ended when she paid off at Devonport on 31 December 1906. On 1 January 1907 Victorious was recommissioned to serve at the Nore as part of the Nore Division of the new Home Fleet. She underwent a refit at Chatham in 1908[4] in which she was converted to burn fuel oil and had main battery fire control and radio installed. She was reduced to a nucleus crew, in commission in reserve, in March 1909. Victorious was transferred to the Devonport Division, Home Fleet, in January 1911, and to the 3rd Fleet in May 1912.[8] She damaged her sternwalk in a collision with her sister ship Majestic in fog on 14 July 1912 and began a short refit at Chatham in December 1913.[9][8][a]
World War I
In July 1914 the Royal Navy began a precautionary mobilization as war began to seem imminent. As part of this, Victorious and her sister ships
The converted Victorious was commissioned as a repair ship on 22 February 1916 and arrived at
Footnotes
Notes
- ^ According to Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921, however, this collision happened in June 1910. See Preston, p. 7.
Citations
References
- Burt, R. A. (2013) [1988]. British Battleships 1889–1904. Barnsley: Seaforth Publishing. ISBN 978-1-84832-173-1.
- Corthell, Elmer Lawrence (1900). Report to the Seventh International Congress of Navigation. Washington, DC: Government Printing Office.
- Garbett, H., ed. (January 1898). Journal of the Royal United Service Institution. XLII. London: J. J. Keliher & Co.
{{cite journal}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - Gibbons, Tony (1983). The Complete Encyclopedia of Battleships and Battlecruisers: A Technical Directory of All the World's Capital Ships From 1860 to the Present Day. London: Salamander Books. ISBN 978-0-86101-142-1.
- Lyon, David & Roberts, John (1979). "Great Britain and Empire Forces". In Chesneau, Roger & Kolesnik, Eugene M. (eds.). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. Greenwich: Conway Maritime Press. pp. 1–113. ISBN 978-0-85177-133-5.
- Preston, Antony (1985). "Great Britain and Empire Forces". In Gardiner, Robert & Gray, Randal (eds.). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. Annapolis: Naval Institute Press. pp. 1–104. ISBN 978-0-87021-907-8.
Further reading
- Dittmar, F. J. & Colledge, J. J. (1972). British Warships 1914–1919. London: Ian Allan. ISBN 978-0-7110-0380-4.
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