ironclad turret ship built royal_navy 1870s construction halted year began redesigned improve stability completion ship placed reserve commissioned service mediterranean_fleet return years later coast guard ship ireland years ship depot ship reclassified second class battleship dreadnought participated annual fleet manoeuvres years training ship ship taken service years later sold scrap background design dreadnought originally named fury designed director naval construction sir improved enlarged version preceding devastation class ironclad turret ships ship laid fully framed partially waterline belt armour work ordered stopped light loss ironclad turret ship captain heavy storm previous year formed january evaluate existing ship designs special consideration stability found designs lacking qualities needed modified reed resigned captain lost opposed changes new assistant future main changes increase beam inches widen reed armoured cover width hull increased ship amidships improved stability provided additional badly needed accommodation crew addition maximum thickness armour increased inches extended way bow reinforced ram white initial plan extend fore aft ends ship changed run way ends results devastation sea trials revealed low bow caused major problems head seas changes economical inverted vertical compound expansion steam engines reed original horizontal low pressure engines powerful inch guns inch ones chosen fitting hydraulic pumps work gun turrets description dreadnought length perpendiculars feet feet long overall feet longer devastation class beam feet inches draught feet inches ship displaced long tons dreadnought ship longitudinal watertight bulkhead divided engine boiler rooms crew consisted officers ratings proved steady ship minimal rolling wet high seas usually swept deck end end ship large ironclad cylinder inverted vertical compound expansion steam engines built drove single bladed foot propeller dreadnought engines powered dozen cylindrical boilers working pressure psi kpa cm2 engines designed produce total indicated horsepower speed knots mph ihp knots mph faster devastation class dreadnought reached maximum speed knots mph ihp sea trials ship carried maximum long tons coal steam nautical miles knots mph dreadnought originally intended equipped pair inch rifled muzzle loading guns turret replaced inch guns ship redesigned shell inch gun weighed pounds gun weighed long tons shell muzzle velocity credited ability penetrate nominal inches wrought iron armour muzzle gun turrets rotated steam power loaded hydraulic power ship complete wrought iron waterline armour belt inches thick amidships tapered inches outside armoured citadel ends ship armour plates tapered thickness inches edge extended feet waterline feet inches foot long armoured citadel protected bases gun turrets funnel crew quarters sides citadel inches thick inch thick curved ends turrets protected inch plates backed wood aft inch bulkhead original design retained forward redundant forward extension belt conning tower ranged thickness inches upper deck inches thick inside citadel inches outside construction career dreadnought fifth ship serve royal_navy laid september slip dockyard wales fury construction subsequently halted time redesign ship renamed dreadnought february renamed ship launched march daughter devon completed february cost ship immediately placed reserve commissioned service mediterranean_fleet dreadnought fitted inch guns hurricane deck commissioned ship sailed mediterranean_sea october remained decade future king george served aboard returned british waters september began refit chatham dockyard included replacement guns quick firing pounder pounder hotchkiss guns dreadnought coast guard ship ireland march years later march relieved duty depot ship july devonport ship guns installed dreadnought reclassified second class battleship took british fleet manoeuvres year following june refitted chatham serve tender torpedo school ship devonport later depot ship taken service transferred ship sold scrap july broken february
HMS Dreadnought (1875)