|
Name |
No |
Yard No |
Builder |
Laid down |
Launched |
Comp |
Fate |
|
Defiance |
154 |
Pembroke DYd |
20.9.1858 |
27.3.1861 |
27.6.1861 |
torpedo school ship 11.1884 |
Displacement normal, t |
3958 |
Displacement full, t |
|
Length, m |
77.6 pp |
Breadth, m |
16.9 |
Draught, m |
7.47 hold depth |
No of shafts |
1 |
Machinery |
sails + boilers, 1 2-cyl HSE |
Power, h. p. |
3550ihp |
Max speed, kts |
11.8 |
Fuel, t |
coal |
| Endurance, nm(kts) | |
Armament |
1 x 1 - 206/15 68pdr 95cwt shell SBML, 34 x 1 - 204/13 8'' 65cwt shell SBML, 36 x 1 - 163/18 32pdr 56cwt SBML, 20 x 1 - 161/16 32pdr 45cwt SBML |
Complement |
860 |
Project history: New 91-gun ship. Last wooden battleship launched in Britain. Originally she was to have been of Revenge class but design was modified: the hull was lengthened and the bow was modified. Wooden hull.
Modernizations: None.
Naval service: No significant events.
Thanks to Wolfgang Stöhr for additional information on this page.
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