HMS Camperdown (1885)

Career

Ordered:
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

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