Admiral Class (1882) Battleships Class Overview

Name
Builder
Launched
Commissioned
Pembroke Dockyard
Pembroke, Wales

Nov. 22, 1882
July 1, 1887
Fate
Sold May 11, 1909 to Hughes Bolckow, Dunston, England and scrapped.
Name
Builder
Launched
Commissioned
Chatham Dockyard
Chatham, England

Oct. 8, 1884
June 20, 1888
Fate
Sold May 11, 1909 to T. W. Ward and scrapped at Morecambe, England.
Name
Builder
Launched
Commissioned
Pembroke Dockyard
Pembroke, Wales

Apr. 28, 1885
July 18, 1889
Fate
Sold Oct. 11, 1910 to T. W. Ward and scrapped at Briton Ferry, Wales.
Name
Builder
Launched
Commissioned
Thames Iron Works & Shipbuilding Co. Ltd.
Blackwall, London, England

June 15, 1885
June 1888
Fate
Sold July 13, 1909 to T. W. Ward and scrapped at Morecambe, England.
Name
Builder
Launched
Commissioned
Portsmouth Dockyard
Portsmouth, England

Nov. 24, 1885
July 1889
Fate
Sold July 11, 1911 to George Cohen & Sons, London and scrapped
at Swansea, Wales.
Name
Builder
Launched
Commissioned
Pembroke Dockyard
Pembroke, Wales

Feb. 17, 1886
May 28, 1889
Fate
Sold July 13, 1909 to Clarkson and scrapped at Upnor, England.

Class Notes:
Camperdown was the only ship in the Admiral class not named after an Admiral.

Page revised Aug. 25, 2007