HMS Camperdown (1885)
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| Career |
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| Laid down: | |
| Launched: | 24 November 1885 at Portsmouth dockyard |
| Commissioned: | |
| Decommissioned: | |
| Fate: | Sold for scrap 11 June 1911 |
| Struck: | |
| General Characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 10,600 tons |
| Length: | 330 ft (101 m) |
| Beam: | 68.5 ft (20.9 m) |
| Draught: | 27.25 ft (8.3 m) maximum |
| Propulsion: | Coal fired triple expansion steam engines, twin screws, 11,500 indicated horsepower (8,580 kW) |
| Speed: | 16.9 knot (31 km/h) maximum |
| Range: | |
| Complement: | 515 |
| Armament: | 4 x 13.5 in (343 mm) 67 ton guns, 4 x 6 in (152 mm) guns, 12 x 6 pounder (2.7 kg) guns and 10 x 3 pounder (1.4 kg) quick-firers |
| Armour: | Partial 18 in (457 mm) belt |
For other ships of this name see HMS Camperdown
See also
HMS Victoria (1887) with which the Camperdown collided in 1893.
| Admiral-class battleship |
| Collingwood | Anson | Camperdown | Howe | Rodney | Benbow |
| List of battleships of the Royal Navy |
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