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H.M.S. VICTORIA (1890)

PostPosted: Tue Jul 03, 2018 4:24 pm
by teesships
H.M.S. VICTORIA, battleship, 10470 tons displacement,
completed Armstrong, Mitchell & Co Ltd., Elswick, 3-1890
Laid down as RENOWN
collision (CAMPERDOWN) 5nm off Tripoli, Lebanon 22.6.93 (359 lost)

See also: http://www.tynebuiltships.co.uk/V-Ships ... a1890.html

Photo from TEESSHIPS archives, origin unknown, but contributed by Dave Martin:
victoria1887.jpg
Ron

Re: H.M.S. VICTORIA (1890)

PostPosted: Tue Jul 03, 2018 4:38 pm
by northeast
Turning 2 columns of ships inward doesn't seem to be a good plan ... and it wasn't, sadly.