hms victorious majestic class pre dreadnought battleships british_royal_navy armed main battery inch guns twin turrets capable speed knots mph served primarily home waters participated served briefly mediterranean transferred china station later year victorious remained east asian waters returned mediterranean returning united_kingdom victorious served second flagship channel_fleet remained active service fleet units modernized placed reserve outbreak world war august mobilized sister ships 9th battle squadron january withdrawn line service september main guns removed arm pair monitors victorious subsequently repair ship end war renamed plans use harbor ship cancelled april sold scrap design victorious laid chatham dockyard launched october fitting work commenced commissioned royal_navy year later november ship feet long overall beam draft displaced long tons short tons combat load propulsion system consisted cylinder triple expansion engines powered coal fired cylindrical boilers oil fired models engines provided speed knots mph indicated horsepower considered good easy roll good suffered high fuel consumption crew officers enlisted men ship armed inch viii guns twin turrets forward aft turrets placed pear shaped barbettes sisters arrangement sisters future british battleship classes circular barbettes victorious carried inch guns mounted casemates gun decks amidships carried sixteen pounder guns pounder guns equipped torpedo tubes submerged ship hull deck mounted victorious ships class inches harvey armour allowed equal protection cost weight compared previous types armour allowed victorious sisters deeper lighter belt previous battleships loss protection barbettes main battery protected armor conning tower thickness steel sides ship armored deck thick operational history hms victorious commissioned november service chatham dockyard june went commission service mediterranean_fleet leaving united_kingdom present fleet review diamond jubilee queen victoria june moved mediterranean relieved battleship february victorious detached mediterranean_fleet service february ran hard aground entering harbor port said route china attempted free unable pump needed shift sediment hull free successfully refloated february returned mediterranean underwent refit malta mediterranean service victorious paid chatham august began refit lasted february victorious recommissioned devonport february serve second flagship channel_fleet july torpedo boat rammed slightly damaging reorganization january channel_fleet new victorious unit captain explorer served captain acting flag captain rear admiral aboard period service ended paid devonport december january victorious recommissioned serve new home_fleet underwent refit chatham converted burn fuel oil main battery fire control radio installed reduced nucleus crew commission reserve march victorious transferred home fleet january damaged collision sister ship majestic fog july began short refit chatham december world war july royal_navy began war began imminent victorious sister ships mars magnificent formed july stationed defend british coast victorious remained guard ship 9th battle squadron dissolved august december transferred serve guard ship january victorious paid majestic class ships oldest effective battleships service royal_navy victorious laid february september inch guns removed use aboard new lord class monitors prince general september february converted repair ship converted victorious commissioned repair ship february arrived scapa_flow replace converted merchant ship caribbean lost september repair ship grand_fleet victorious performed role march renamed transferred devonport refit prepare service establishment arrived devonport march paid care maintenance status awaited beginning refit plans refit cancelled work began convert harbor depot ship april conversion cancelled completed placed disposal list month sold scrapping december sale cancelled march sold april towed devonport dover scrapped
HMS Victorious (1895)