HMS MAJESTIC IN DOCK 1

HMS MAJESTIC A BRITISH BATTLESHIP 1895

FWD PORT QTR VEIW -------- AFT PORT QTR VEIW

A CLOSE UP VEIW OF THE BRIDGE AREA

DETAIL OF THE MIDSHIPS SECTION ---------- AFT SECTION VEIW OF THE SHIP

OVERHEAD VEIW OF BASIC BOW DETAILS

BOW OVERHEAD VEIW --------- STERN OVERHEAD VEIW

PORT SIDE BASIC DETAIL WORKS SO FAR

BOW VEIW ----------- STERN VEIW

STD VEIW OF WORK SO FAR

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Name: HMS Majestic
Builder: Portsmouth Dockyard
Laid down: February 1894
Launched: 31 January 1895
Commissioned: December 1895

Fate: Torpedoed and sunk 27 May 1915

General characteristics

Class and type: Majestic-class pre-dreadnought battleship

Displacement: 16,060 t (15,810 long tons; 17,700 short tons)

Length: 421 ft (128 m)
Beam: 75 ft (23 m)
Draught: 27 ft (8.2 m)

Propulsion: 2 × 3-cylinder triple expansion steam engines, twin screws

Speed: 16 knots (30 km/h; 18 mph)

Complement: 672

Armament:

4 × BL 12-inch (304.8 mm) 35-caliber Mk VIII guns
12 × QF 6-inch (152.4 mm) 40-caliber guns
16 × 12 pounder (76-mm) guns
12 × 3 pounder (47-mm) quick-firing guns
5 × 18-inch (450-mm) torpedo tubes (four submerged, one above water)

Armour:

Belt armour: 9 in (230 mm)
Deck: 2.5 to 4.5 in (64 to 114 mm)
Barbettes: 14 in (360 mm)
Conning tower: 14 inches

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