HMS Camperdown |
Type: |
Battleship |
Class: |
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Builder: |
Portsmouth Dockyard Portsmouth, England |
Pennant Number: |
N/A |
Ordered: |
N/A |
Launched: |
November 24, 1885 |
Keel Laid: |
December 18, 1882 |
Commissioned: |
July 18, 1889 |
Fate: |
Sold July 11, 1911 to George Cohen & Sons, London and scrapped at Swansea, Wales. |
Dimensions, machinery and performance |
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Length: |
330' |
Engines: |
2 three cylinder inverted compound by Maudslay |
Beam: |
68' 6" |
Boilers: |
10 cylindrical (coal fired) |
Draft: |
27' |
Shafts: |
2 |
Displacement: |
10,600 std. |
HP: |
7,500 normal / 11,500 forced |
Speed: |
15.7 knots normal / 17.5 knots forced |
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Crew: |
530 |
Range: |
5,000 NM @ 10 knots |
Armament As Built |
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Number Carried
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Type
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Arrangement |
Maximum Range / Ceiling |
4 |
13.5"/30 (343mm) |
2 twin mounts |
12,620 yards @ 13.5° (7.1 miles) 1,230 lb. shell |
6 |
6"/40 (152mm) |
single mounts |
10,000 yards @ 15° (5.6 miles) 100 lb. HE shell |
12 |
2.244"/40 (57mm) 6 pounder |
single mounts |
8,700 yards @ 45° (4.5 miles) 6 lb. HE shell |
Armament notes |
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Sources indicate that Camperdown also carried up to ten 3 pounders and 5 torpedo launchers. |
History: |
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June 22, 1893: |
Rammed and sank HMS Victoria off Tripoli, Libya. |
Builder's Data |
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Page published Feb. 23, 2007 |