HMS Collingwood (1882)

Type:
Battleship
Class:
Admiral (1882) (Class Overview)
Builder:
Pembroke Dockyard
Pembroke, Wales
Pennant Number:
N/A
Ordered:
N/A
Launched:
November 22, 1882
Keel Laid:
July 12, 1880
Commissioned:
July 1, 1887
Fate:
Sold May 11, 1909 to Hughes Bolckow, Dunston, England and scrapped.


Dimensions, machinery and performance
Length:
325'
Engines:
2 three cylinder inverted compound by Humphreys
Beam:
68'
Boilers:
10 cylindrical (coal fired)
Draft:
26' 4"
Shafts:
2
Displacement:
9,500 std.
HP:
7,000 normal / 9,600 forced
Speed:
15 knots normal / 16.8 knots forced
Crew:
498
Range:
5,000 NM @ 10 knots


Armament As Built
Number Carried
Type
Arrangement
Maximum Range / Ceiling
4
12"/25 (305mm)
2 twin mounts
9,400 yards @ 12.5° (5.3 miles)
714 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 pounders
single mounts
8,700 yards @ 45° (4.9 miles)
6 lb. HE shell

Armament notes:
Sources indicate the Collingwoood was also equipped with up to ten 3 pounders and 4 torpedo launchers.


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