HMS DEVASTATION IN DOCK 27

HMS DEVASTATION A BRITISH BATTLESHIP 1873

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

A CLOSE UP VEIW OF THE BRIDGE AREA

DETAIL OF MIDSHIPS BULKHEAD WORK RQD ---------- AFT VEIW WITH PARTS THAT NEED UPGRADE

OVERHEAD VEIW OF BASIC BOW DETAILS ( MUCH TO BE UPGRADED )

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 Devastation
Builder: Portsmouth Dockyard
Cost: £361,438
Laid down: 12 November 1869
Launched: 12 July 1871
Commissioned: 19 April 1873
Refit: 1879 and from 1891-1892
Struck: 1907

Fate: Scrapped, Thos W Ward May 1908

General characteristics

Class and type: Devastation-class ironclad

Displacement:

9,180 long tons (9,330 t) standard
13,000 long tons (13,000 t) full load

Length:

285 ft (87 m) p/p
307 ft (94 m) o/a

Beam: 62 ft 3 in (18.97 m)
Height: 27 ft 6 in (8.38 m)
Draught: 26 ft 8 in (8.13 m) (mean)
Depth of hold: 18 ft (5.5 m)
Deck clearance: 4 ft 6 in (1.37 m)

Propulsion:

As built:

4 × 2-cylinder Penn & Sons trunk engines
8 × rectangular 30 psi (210 kPa) boilers
6,637 ihp
2 screws

From 1890:

Triple expansion steam engines
Cylindrical boilers

Speed:

As built:

13.84 knots (25.63 km/h; 15.93 mph) (speed trial)

From 1890:

14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph)

Range:

3,550 nmi (6,570 km; 4,090 mi) at 12 kn (22 km/h; 14 mph)
5,570 nmi (10,320 km; 6,410 mi) at 10 kn (19 km/h; 12 mph)

Complement: 329–410

Armament:

As built:

4 × 35 ton 12 in (305 mm) muzzle-loading rifles

From 1890:

4 × BL 10-inch (254 mm) guns
6 × 6-pounder (57 mm) guns
8 × 3-pounder (47 mm) guns
2 × 14-inch (356 mm) torpedo launchers (added 1879)

Armour:

Turrets: 12–14 in (300–360 mm)
Breastworks and hull: 10–12 in (250–300 mm)
Bulkheads: 4–6 in (100–150 mm)

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