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HMS Benbow (1885) |
Type: |
Battleship |
Class: |
Admiral (1882) (Class Overview) |
Builder: |
Thames Iron Works & Shipbuilding Co. Ltd. Blackwall, London, England |
Pennant Number: |
N/A |
Ordered: |
N/A |
Launched: |
June 15, 1885 |
Keel Laid: |
November 1, 1882 |
Commissioned: |
June 1888 |
Fate: |
Sold July 13, 1909 to T. W. Ward and scrapped at Morecambe, England. |
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Dimensions, machinery and performance |
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Length: |
330' |
Engines: |
2 three cylinder inverted compound by Maudslay |
Beam: |
68' 5" |
Boilers: |
10 cylindrical (coal fired) |
Draft: |
27' 10" |
Shafts: |
2 |
Displacement: |
10,600 std. |
HP: |
8,658 normal / 10,860 forced |
Speed: |
15.7 knots normal / 17.5 forced |
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Crew: |
523 |
Range: |
5,000 NM @ 10 knots |
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Armament As Built |
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Number Carried
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Type
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Arrangement |
Maximum Range / Ceiling |
2 |
16.25"/30 (412mm) |
single mounts |
12,400 yards @ 13° (7 miles) 1,800 lb. shell |
10 |
6"/40 (152mm) |
single mounts |
10,000 yards @ 15° (5.6 miles) 100lb. HE shell |
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Armament notes: |
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Sources indicate Benbow carrier up to twenty 3 pounders and 4 torpedo launchers. |
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Builder's Data |
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Page published Aug. 25, 2007 |