HMS Vanguard (1870)
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For other ships with the same name, see HMS Vanguard.
The eighth HMS Vanguard of the British Royal Navy was an Audacious-class central battery ironclad battleship, by Edward Reed launched in 1870. In 1875, the ship was sunk during a summer cruise in a collision in fog with the ironclad HMS Iron Duke. None of the crew were lost, but the commanding officer of the ship never commanded another vessel in his career. The wreck lies near the Kish lightship off the coast of Ireland and is protected under the Irish National Monument Act.
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Name | HMS Vanguard |
Builder | Laird, Son & Co., Birkenhead |
Laid down | 21 October 1867 |
Launched | 3 January 1870 |
Commissioned | 28 September 1870 |
Fate | Sunk in accident on 1 September 1875 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Audacious-class ironclad battleship |
Displacement | 6,034 long tons (6,131 t) |
Length | 342 ft 3 in (104.32 m) |
Beam | 54 ft (16 m) |
Draught | 23 ft 2 in (7.06 m) |
Installed power | 4,830 ihp (3,600 kW) |
Propulsion |
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Sail plan | Full-rigged ship |
Speed | 13 kn (15 mph; 24 km/h) |
Complement | 450 |
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Armour | |
Notes | Armour is iron plating with teak backing. |
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