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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 āIRON 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 āIron 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 āIron Dukeā then withdrew. On September 1st, 1875 the āIron Duke,ā while commanded by Captain Henry B. Hickley, accidentally rammed and sank the āVanguard,ā Captain Richard Dawkins, off the Kish bank. The accident occurred in foggy weather, but happily no lives were lost. In 1896-97 the āIron 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. |
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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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