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Admiral class battleship

General Characteristics
Displacement: 10,600 tons (11,200 t)
Length: 330 ft
Beam: 68 ft 6 inches
Draught: 27 ft 3 inches
Propulsion: Coal fired steam engines, twin screws
Speed: 16.9 knots maximum
Range:
Complement: 515
Armament: HMS Collingwood four 12 inch guns

HMS Benbow two 16.25 inch guns
Remainder four 13.5 inch guns
4 x 16.25 inch (413 mm), four 6 in guns, twelve 6 pounder guns and ten 3 pounder quick-firers

Armour: 18 inch partial belt

The British Royal Navy's pre-dreadnought Admiral-class battleships of the 1880s was a followed the pattern of the Devastation class in having the main armament on centre-line mounts with the superstructure in between. This pattern was followed by most following British designs until HMS Dreadnought in 1906.

They were known as the Admiral-class because they were all named after British admirals with the exception of HMS Camperdown.


Admiral-class battleship
Collingwood | Anson | Camperdown | Howe | Rodney | Benbow

List of battleships of the Royal Navy









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