Rupert 1874
|
Name |
No |
Yard No |
Builder |
Laid down |
Launched |
Comp |
Fate |
| Rupert | Chatham DYd | 6.6.1870 | 12.3.1872 | 1.7.1874 | sold to BU 7.1907 |
Displacement normal, t |
5440 |
Displacement full, t |
|
Length, m |
80.5 pp |
Breadth, m |
16.2 |
Draught, m |
6.86 |
No of shafts |
2 |
Machinery |
2 2-cyl HSE, rectangular boilers |
Power, h. p. |
3445 |
Max speed, kts |
12.9 |
Fuel, t |
coal 550 |
|
Endurance, nm(kts) |
1340(10) |
|
Armour, mm |
iron; belt: 279 - 229 with 356mm wood backing, breastwork: 305, turret: 356 - 305, decks: 76 - 51, CT: 305 |
Armament |
1 x 2 - 254/15 MLR Mk I/II, 2 x 1 - 160/16 64pdr 71cwt MLR |
Complement |
217 |
Project history: Enlarged Hotspur with Glatton type turret in place of the fixed gun house, heavier armour and larger superstructure with a flying deck. Her machinery was unsatisfactory and she could not reach designed 14kts speed, in fact after some years of service she can make no more tan 10kts.
Ship protection: Waterline belt was 279mm amidships and 229mm at the ends, with a 76 - 51mm deck, the breastwork being of uniform 254mm with a 51mm deck. The turret had 356mm face and 305mm walls. CT had 305mm iron protection.
Modernizations: 1887: - 2 x 1 - 160/16; + 2 x 1 - 152/26 BL Mk III, 4 x 1 - 57/40 6pdr Hotchkiss Mk I, 8 MG, 4 - 356 TT
(1891-1893): was re-engined and re-boilered (VTE, cylindrical boilers, 4630hp, 13.6kts, 390t of coal), fore mast was removed, mainmast received a fighting top; - 1 x 2 - 254/15; + 1 x 2 - 234/32 BL Mk VI, 6 x 1 - 47/40 3pdr Hotchkiss Mk I
Naval service: Rupert served as port guardship at Bermuda since 1904 and sold there in 1907.
Rupert
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