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HMS Camperdown
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History

Name: HMS Camperdown
Namesake: Admiral Adam Duncan, 1st Viscount Duncan of Camperdown

Builder: Portsmouth Dockyard

Laid down: 18 December 1882
Launched: 24 November 1885
Completed: July 1889
Fate: Sold 1911; broken up
General characteristics
Class & type: Admiral-class battleship

Displacement: 10,600 long tons (10,800 t)
Length: 330 ft (100 m)
Beam: 68 ft 6 in (20.88 m)
Draught: 27 ft 3 in (8.31 m) maximum
Installed power: ? 7,500 ihp (5,600 kW) (normal)
? 11,500 ihp (8,600 kW) (forced draught)
Propulsion: ? 2 ? Maudslay compound inverted steam engines
? 2 ? screws
Speed: 17.1 kn (19.7 mph; 31.7 km/h) (forced draught)

Complement: 530
Armament: ? 4 ? BL 13.5 in (340 mm) guns
? 4 ? BL 6 in (150 mm) guns
? 12 ? QF 6-pounder Nordenfelt guns
? 10 ? 3-pounder quick-firing guns
? 5 ? above-water torpedo tubes

Armour: ? Belt: 18 in (46 cm) (upper strake); 8 in (20 cm) (lower strake)
? Bulkheads: 7?16 in (178?406 mm)
? Barbettes: 10?11.5 in (25?29 cm)
? Conning Tower: 2?12 in (5.1?30.5 cm)
? Battery Screens: 6 in (15 cm)
? Deck: 2.5?3 in (6.4?7.6 cm) (upper); 2.5 in (6.4 cm) (lower)

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Type of ship
Battleship
Year of build and builder
1889 Portsmouth Dockyard
Shipowner
Royal Navy

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