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HMS Canopus |
As per: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Canopus_%281897%29 Arriving at La Valletta, Malta after finishing the Naval operations in the Dardanelles Campaign. History United Kingdom Name: HMS Canopus Namesake: Canopus, Egypt Ordered: 1896 Programme Builder: Portsmouth Dockyard Cost: ?921,316[1] Laid down: 4 January 1897 Launched: 12 October 1897 Completed: 5 December 1899 Commissioned: 5 December 1899 Decommissioned: April 1919 Fate: Sold for scrapping 18 February 1920 General characteristics Class & type: Canopus-class pre-dreadnought battleship Displacement: 12,950 tons Length: 431 ft (131.4 m) Beam: 74 ft (22.6 m) Draught: 26 ft (7.9 m) Propulsion: 2 shafts, water tube boilers, vertical triple expansion steam engines, 15,400 ihp (11,500 kW) Speed: 18 knots (33 km/h) Complement: 750 Armament: ? 2 ? 2 BL 12-inch (304.8 mm) 35-caliber Mk VIII guns ? 12 ? QF 6-inch (152.4 mm) 40-caliber guns ? 10 ? 12-pounder quick-firing guns ? 6 ? 3-pounder guns ? 4 ? 18-inch (450-mm) torpedo tubes (underwater) Armour: ? Belt 6 inches (152 mm) ? Bulkheads 10-6 inches (254-152 mm) ? Barbettes 12 inches (305 mm) ? Gun houses 8 inches (203 mm) ? Casemates 6 inches (152 mm) ? Conning tower 12 inches (305 mm) ? decks 2 inches-1 inch (51 mm-25.4 mm) |
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Shipowner | Royal Navy |
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Type of ship | Battleship |
Year of build and builder | 1899 Portsmouth Dockyard |
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Added on | 21/12/2015 |
Dimension | 1200 x 861 |
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