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HMS Empress of India. Steel armoured
pre dreadnought battleship built at Pembroke Dockyard as part of the Royal
Sovereign class. Launched 7th May 1891 at Pembroke dockyard. She was
initial to be called HMS Renown in1900 but changed before
completion. She served in the Channel
Squadron, HMS Empress of India was finally sunk as a target on 4th November
1913.
Displacement: 14,150 tons. Horse power:
13,000. Length: 380 ft. Beam:
75ft. Draught: 27' 6". Compliment:
712. Speed 18 knots. Armament:
four 67 ton in two armoured barbettes (13.5 inch). Ten 6-inch
guns, 16 - 6 pounder QF, (this were distributed widely on two decks,
with six mounted on main deck in casemates and the rest on upper
deck with splinter shields. In the refits of 1902/1904 this upper deck
guns had their splinter shields replaced with 5-inch KC armour
casemates. ) Twelve 3 pounder
guns and seven 18-inch torpedo tubes (5 aw and 2 submerged). Partial belt of 18 inch thick
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HMS Empress of India, 1893.
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HMS Empress of India, 1893.
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HMS Empress of India, 1893.
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HMS Empress of India, 1893.
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HMS Empress of India of the Channel Squadron - 1896 The
Empress of India is a steel armoured battleship of the Naval Defence Act
Programme and was completed for sea in 1893. She was built at
Pembroke Dockyard and engined by Messrs. Humphrys & Tennant. Her
displacement is 14,150 tons; I.H.P. 13,000. Length 380ft. Beam, 75ft.
Maximum draught 27ft 6ins. She carries as her principal armament
four 67 ton guns in two armoured barbettes, and has a partial belt of
armour of 18ins maximum thickness. Her speed is 18 knots. The
Empress of India ay one time carried the flag of the second in command of
the Channel Squadron. She was last commissioned in December 1895 by
Captain Angus MacLeod. Original
magazine photo page published 1895 - 1902. Price £25.
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HMS Empress of India.
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HMS Empress Of India Pictured Circa 1904 A
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HMS Empress of India pictured in 1902. She was the
flagship of Admiral Pelham Aldrich at the Naval Review for the Coronation.
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HMS Empress of India with Rear Admiral Charles Grey
Robinson inset. Original
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Empress of India pictured pre 1896.
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HMS Empress of India of the Channel Squadron, In Dock at Chatham
The first-class battleship Empress of India of the Channel Squadron
which we here see as she lay in dock at Chatham Yard last December,
belongs to the Royal Sovereign type of battleships, and was built under
the Naval Defence Act of 1889. One of the most pressing needs for the Navy
in 1896 was for more dock accommodation for the largest battleships
(empress of India had seven sisters while Majestic had eight). |
HMS Empress of India in Hamilton Dock, Malta Dockyard, 1898 |
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Empress of India - sister ships of the Royal Sovereign Class |
| HMS RAMILLIES |
1ST MARCH 1892 |
SOLD FOR B/U 7TH OCTOBER 1913 |
| HMS REPULSE |
27TH FEBRUARY 1892 |
SOLD FOR B/U 27TH JULY 1911 |
| HMS RESOLUTION |
28TH MAY 1892 |
SOLD FOR B/U 2ND APRIL 1914 |
| HMS REVENGE |
3RD NOVEMBER 1892 |
RENAMED REDOUBTABLE IN 1913, THEN SOLD
FOR B/U 6TH NOVEMBER 1919 |
| HMS ROYAL OAK |
5TH NOVEMBER 1892 |
SOLD FOR B/U 14TH JANUARY 1914 |
| HMS ROYAL SOVEREIGN |
26TH FEBRUARY 1891 |
SOLD FOR B/U 7TH OCTOBER 1913 |
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