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HMS Iron Duke - World Naval Ships Directory

HMS Iron Duke

Name : HMS Iron Duke
Laid Down : 23rd August 1868
Launched : 1st March 1870
Completed : 1st April 1871
Type : Battleship
Class : Audacious
Builder : Pembroke
Country : UK
Pennants :
Fate : Sold 15th June 1906.

The first ā€œIRON DUKEā€ was a 10-gun twin-screw battleship of 6034 tons, launched at Pembroke in 1870. She was of 4268 horse-power, which gave her a speed of 13.6 knots speed, and she carried a crew of 450 men. Her length, beam, and draught were 280ft., 54ft., and 23ft. In 1874 the ā€œIron Duke,ā€ commanded by Captain William Arthur and flying the flag of Vice-Admiral Sir Frederick Shadwell, with several small craft in company, appeared off the mouth of the Klang and Langkat Rivers. Their object was to induce the Sultan of Selangor to give his word that he would make reparation for a series of piratical acts which had been committed by some of his subjects. Sir Frederick Shadwell accompanied the Governor up the Klang River to Langkat, and induced the Sultan to take measures for the punishment of the pirates, and to agree to the destruction of certain stockades. The ā€œIron Dukeā€ then withdrew. On September 1st, 1875 the ā€œIron Duke,ā€ while commanded by Captain Henry B. Hickley, accidentally rammed and sank the ā€œVanguard,ā€ Captain Richard Dawkins, off the Kish bank. The accident occurred in foggy weather, but happily no lives were lost. In 1896-97 the ā€œIron Dukeā€ was re-armed and re-rigged, but she saw no further service. She was sold in 1906 for Ā£15,000.

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HMS Iron Duke, 1871.


HMS Iron Duke.

Timeline Entries :


1879 - Launched
August 1889 - Fleet Review at Spithead, 1889.
16th August 1889 - On Manoeuvres off Ireland
1890 - Channel Squadron
18th April 1890 - Sailed Arosa Bay for Plymouth
20th April 1890 - Arrived Plymouth from Arosa Bay
23rd April 1890 - Arrived Portsmouth
8th August 1890 - Capt. T.T. Vander-Meulen in Command
8th August 1890 - Sailed Bantry bay for Maneouvres
8th August 1890 - Commenced Manouvres in the Western Approaches and North Atlantic
18th August 1890 - Completed Manouvres in the Western Approaches and North Atlantic
30th August 1890 - Sailed Torbay
21st July 1892 - Assigned for maneouvres. Red Fleet 2nd Division
7th August 1892 - Commenced Summer Manoeuvres
16th August 1892 - Completed Summer Manoeuvres
20th August 1892 - Sailed Spithead for Queensferry
9th January 1896 - At Portsmouth A Division, Reserve Fleet
1906 - Sold For Scrap

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Last edited : 20:29, October 11, 2012
By : DataStream

First Added : 21:35, February 7, 2011
By : kc


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