HMS Camperdown (1885)
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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 |
| General characteristics | |
| 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: |
7,500 ihp (5,600 kW) (normal) 11,500 ihp (8,600 kW) (forced draught) |
| Propulsion: |
2 × Maudslay compound inverted steam engines 2 × screws |
| Speed: | 17.1 kn (19.7 mph; 31.7 km/h) (forced draught) |
| Complement: | 530 |
| Armament: |
4 × BL 13.5 in (340 mm) guns 4 × BL 6 in (150 mm) guns 12 × QF 6-pounder Nordenfelt guns 10 × 3-pounder quick-firing guns 5 × above-water torpedo tubes |
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HMS Camperdown was a Admiral-class battleship of the Royal Navy, named after Adam Duncan, 1st Viscount Duncan of Camperdown.
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
She was commissioned at Portsmouth on 18 July 1889, and initially went into reserve. In December 1889 she was posted to the Mediterranean Fleet as flagship, where she remained until being posted as flagship of the Channel Fleet in May 1890. She was paid off in May 1892 into Fleet reserve, recommissioning in July 1892 into the Mediterranean Fleet. On 22 June 1893, she collided with and sank the battleship Victoria (See Victoria for details). In September 1899, she 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. She was in reserve at Chatham until 1908, and was employed at Harwich as a berthing ship for submarines until she was sold in 1911.
References
- Oscar Parkes, British Battleships ISBN 0-85052-604-3
- Conway, All the World's Fighting Ships ISBN 0-85177-133-5
- maritimequest.com: HMS Camperdown
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