hms hms class pre dreadnought battleship royal_navy named ship built starting keel laying august launched march commissioned mediterranean_fleet flagship following october armed main battery inch guns secondary battery inch guns ship speed knots served flagship mediterranean_fleet taking manoeuvres coast portugal returned england refit completion commissioned reserve suffered damage participating combined manoeuvres following year recommissioned parent ship relieved role year later reduced material reserve devonport august stripped laid disposal july sold scrap october towed italy broken following month design class battleships based admiral class barbette ships contained alterations raised barbettes armour extended upper belt secondary armour added obtain higher speed tonnes larger feet long overall beam draft displaced tonnes combat load propulsion system consisted cylinder triple expansion engines powered coal fired cylindrical boilers natural draught engines provided speed knots indicated horsepower knots indicated horsepower obtained forced draught crew officers enlisted men built ships royal sovereign class rolled heavily certain conditions added compensate problem ships proved excellent capable maintaining high speeds ships constructed probably substantial built royal_navy suffered excessive weight fittings view highly successful time probably round fighting efficiency armed breech loading inch guns barbettes armour ranging inches thickness carried quick fire inch guns mounted casemates main deck plus sixteen pounder hotchkiss guns pounder hotchkiss guns equipped seven inch torpedo tubes submerged pounder guns removed upper tops water torpedo tubes removed remaining inch guns upper deck mounted inch armoured casemates armour supplied builders waterline belt long deep armour varied thickness inches bulkheads protected inches armour middle deck covering belt inches thick lower deck forward aft belt inches thick upper belt middle main decks coated inches armour casemates inch guns protected equal thickness armour conning tower protected inch armour forward inches armour aft ship armoured deck inches thick service history built cost plus guns laid august launched march completed following october constructed small took nearly hour half travel water crowd gathered dissipated meantime commissioned portsmouth october flagship mediterranean_fleet departed october arrived malta november relieve acting flagship appointed captain day commission commander mediterranean_fleet time admiral sir december recommissioned malta service mediterranean_fleet july private ship fleet relieved flagship battleship following january flagship rear admiral lord second command mediterranean_fleet october relieved flagship time attend festivities connection opening agricultural exhibition king italian minister marine paid visit arrived rome later month took combined manoeuvres coast portugal august month paid mediterranean service transferred refitted refit complete commissioned reserve chatham january april transferred crew battleship hms london recommissioned new crew january transferred crew battleship recommissioned crew service chatham reserve june participated combined manoeuvres channel fleet process collided suffering stern damage result propellers disabled november crew transferred battleship following march recommissioned devonport reduced crew october home_fleet sister ship relieved parent ship duties june placed material reserve devonport august stripped laid ready disposal july auctioned scrap october buyer paid italian company november year towed italy broken captains following incomplete list captains commanded october january december january january october march march september february february
HMS Ramillies (1892)