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Canopus Class Battleships Class Overview |
Dimensions, machinery and performance |
Length: |
418' |
Engines: |
2 Three cylinder vertical inverted triple expansion |
Beam: |
74' |
Boilers: |
20 Belleville (coal fired) |
Draft: |
26' 6" |
Shafts: |
2 |
Displacement: |
12,950 std. |
SHP: |
13,500 (design) |
Speed: |
18.25 knots (design) |
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Crew: |
750 |
Range: |
N/A |
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Armament |
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Number Carried
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Type
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Arrangement |
Maximum Range / Ceiling |
4 |
12"/35 (305mm) Mk VIII |
2 twin turrets |
26,000 @ 30° (14.7 miles) with 875 lb. armor piercing shell |
12 |
6"/40 (152mm) |
single mounts |
10,000 yards @ 15° with 100 lb. HE shell |
10 |
3"/40 (76mm) 12 pounder QF |
single mounts |
11,750 yards @ 40° AA ceiling 19,000' @ 70° |
6 |
1.85"/40 (47mm) 3 pounder QF |
single mounts |
7,900 yards @ 45° AA ceiling 3,600 (effective) |
4 |
18" (450mm) torpedo tubes |
submerged |
800 yards @ 26.5 knots 118 lb. wet gun cotton warhead |
Name |
Builder |
Launched |
Commissioned |
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Portsmouth Dockyard Portsmouth, England |
Oct. 13, 1897 |
Dec. 1900 |
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Fate |
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Sold Feb. 18, 1920 to Stanlee of Dover, England and scrapped.
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Name |
Builder |
Launched |
Commissioned |
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Chatham Dockyard Chatham, England |
Mar. 25, 1898 |
Mar. 27, 1900 |
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Fate |
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Sunk May 13, 1915 by the Turkish torpedo boat Muavenet-i Millye.
Location: Aegean Sea, 1 mile SE of Seddülbahir, Turkey (Dardanelles). (40.02.22N - 26.12.23E) At least 501 crewmen killed and at least 165 survivors. (Roll of Honour) |
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Name |
Builder |
Launched |
Commissioned |
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Thames Iron Works Ltd. Blackwall, London, England |
June 21, 1898 |
June 1901 |
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Fate |
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Sold for scrap Dec. 11, 1919. |
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Name |
Builder |
Launched |
Commissioned |
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Devonport Dockyard Plymouth, England |
July 5, 1898 |
Feb. 1900 |
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Fate |
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Sunk Mar. 18, 1915 by a mine laid by the Turkish minelayer Nousret and gunfire
from shore batteries. Location: Dardanelles Strait off Gallipoli, Turkey. Casualties unknown. *Was assisting HMS Irresistible which had hit a mine earlier. |
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Name |
Builder |
Launched |
Commissioned |
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Cammell Laird Ltd. Birkenhead, England |
Mar. 11, 1899 |
Oct. 1901 |
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Fate |
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Sold Dec. 19, 1922 to Granton Shipbreaking Company and scrapped.
*Renamed Crescent in 1920 to free the name. |
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Name |
Builder |
Launched |
Commissioned |
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Vickers, Sons & Maxim Ltd. Barrow-in-Furness, England |
July 25, 1899 |
Apr. 1902 |
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Fate |
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Sold for scrap Dec. 1, 1921.
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Page revised Feb. 23, 2007 |
