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HMS Barfleur Laid Down : 12th October 1890 Launched : 10th August 1892 Completed : 22nd June 1894 Type : Battleship Class : Centurion Builder : Chatham Country : UK Pennants : Fate : Sold for scrap 12th July 1910. |
HMS Barfleur. Pre Dreadnaught Battleship of the Royal Navy, built at Chatham Dockyard and completed in 1894. HMS Barfleur was part of the Mediterranean Squadron in 1896. She was eventually sold for breaking in 1910. Displacement: 10,500 tons. IHP: 13,163. Length: 360 ft. Beam: 70 ft. Draught 25 ft 6 ins. original maximum speed 18.7 knots. Compliment: 606 Armament: Four 29 ton guns. Ten 4.7 inch guns. Eight 6 pounder guns and twelve 3 pounder quick-firers with a partial belt of armour of 12ins thick. |
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HMS Barfleur of the Mediterranean Squadron. | HMS Barfleur in 1897. | HMS Barfleur, 1894. | HMS Barfleur, 1894. |
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12th October 1890 - Laid down at Chatham Dockyard 10th August 1892 - Launched 14th March 1894 - Sailed Chatham and anchored at Blackstakes 16th March 1894 - Anchored at The Nore June 1894 - Completed June 1894 - Completed 22nd June 1894 - Commissioned 22nd June 1894 - Placed into reserve 22nd June 1894 - Commissioned July 1894 - Commissioned for Home Fleet manoeuvres 1st September 1894 - Paid off into reserve 26th February 1895 - Capt R.W. Custance Assumed Command 9th March 1895 - Anchored at Spithead to escort H.M. Queen Victoria to Cherbourg 13th March 1895 - Sailed Portsmouth for Cherbourg 13th March 1895 - Arrived Cherbourg 19th March 1895 - Sailed UK for Mediterranean 23rd March 1895 - Arrived Gibraltar 26th May 1895 - Arrived Alexandria 2nd June 1895 - Sailed Alexandria 1896 - Mediterranean and Red Sea Fleet 1896 - Commenced refit at Malta 13th January 1896 - Sailed Salonika 14th January 1896 - Arrived Malta 1897 - Completed refit at Malta 1897 - Commenced refit at Malta 18th January 1897 - At Suda Bay 7th February 1897 - At Candea 1st March 1897 - At Candea 9th March 1897 - At Canea due to the Greek/Turkish crisis 29th May 1897 - Sailed Malta for 1st Summer Cruise 2nd August 1897 - Sailed Malta 4th August 1897 - Arrived Corfu 15th September 1897 - Arrived Pirano 30th September 1897 - Arrived Malta 13th October 1897 - Sailed Malta for Cruise. Alexandria, Beirut, Larnaca, Marmaris, Smyrna 21st November 1897 - Sailed Aden 25th November 1897 - Arrived Malta 1898 - Mediterranean and Red Sea Fleet February 1898 - Completed refit at Malta 6th February 1898 - Sailed the Mediterranean for China. Transferred due to the Boxer Uprising 12th February 1898 - Sailed Suez 17th February 1898 - Arrived Aden and sailed same day for Colombo 26th February 1898 - Sailed Colombo 5th March 1898 - Sailed Singapore for Hong Kong 11th March 1898 - Arrived Hong Kong 25th March 1898 - Sailed Hong Kong for Chusan 10th April 1898 - At Chefoo 1899 - China Station April 1899 - Captain Stanley Colville in Command 6th June 1900 - Arrived Tien Tsin 11th June 1900 - Arrived Taku 17th June 1900 - At Taku 1901 - China Station 1st February 1901 - Sailed Hong Kong for Wusung 1st February 1901 - Flagship of Rear Admiral J.A.T. Bruce 9th August 1904 - Arrived Carrickfergus Roads June 1906 - In Commission, In Reserve, At Portsmouth April 1909 - 4th Division, Home Fleet at Portsmouth 12th July 1910 - Sold For Break Up |
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Last edited : 21:38, October 11, 2012
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