class ironclad battleships built royal_navy 1880s late deliveries main guns delayed commissioning spent decade mediterranean_fleet returned home coast guard ship devonport years placed reserve ship sold scrap broken wales design description design class ships derived layout earlier ironclad battleship dreadnought admiral class coupled heavy armour preceding victoria class displaced long tons addition armour ammunition construction added additional long tons weight increased draught foot designed waterline length perpendiculars feet beam feet draught feet inches crew consisted officers ratings years later low wet maintain speed calm ships powered pair cylinder vertical inverted triple expansion steam engines driving shaft designed produce total indicated horsepower maximum speed knots mph steam provided cylindrical boilers forced draught sea trials slightly exceeded speed knots mph ihp class carried maximum long tons coal gave range nautical miles speed knots mph armament armour class ships main armament consisted breech loading inch guns mounted twin gun turrets fore aft superstructure gun provided rounds guns feet inches deck hard fight spray breaking forward turret secondary armament originally planned consist inch guns replaced construction quick firing inch guns rounds gun carried ships pounder pounder hotchkiss guns fitted defence torpedo boats ships carried inch torpedo tubes pair added august armour scheme similar dreadnought waterline belt compound armour cover complete length ship inch deck extended fore aft armoured citadel bow stern belt feet long inches thick closed traverse inch bulkheads inch armour covered bases gun turrets protected secondary armament inches thick sides gun turrets inches thick conning tower protected inch plates construction career named battle ship serve royal_navy laid april ship launched march wife lord lord admiralty completed july main guns delivered following year cost delivery commissioned portsmouth june manoeuvres following assigned mediterranean_fleet battleships victoria collided june astern captain ship involved collision inch guns replaced inch guns came home january port devonport captain command june february ship relegated reserve devonport remained sold july broken
HMS Nile (1888)