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HMS Victoria |
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Scale 1:250 |
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Author:
Carl Beetz - Golden Bear Models |
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File Size: 81.5 Mb |
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HMS Victoria
Victoria-class battleship
Waterline or full hull model.
1887
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Model # GBM002 (054) |
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Artwork by Serge Stone, used with permission. More of
his paintings can be seen
here |
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Price $30.00 |
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Technical data: |
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Launched |
April 9, 1885 |
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Displacement |
11,020 tons
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Length |
340 feet |
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Beam |
70 feet |
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Max speed |
16.0
knots |
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Armament |
2 x BL 16.25 inch (412.8mm) |
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1 x BL 10 inch (254mm) |
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12 x BL 6 inch (152.4mm) |
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12 x 6 pounders, 6 x 14 inch
torpedo tubes |
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HMS
Victoria's launching was
accompanied by considerable publicity that she was the most powerful
ironclad afloat, with the thickest armor, heaviest guns, as well as
being one of the fastest and one of the largest ironclads. However, the
design proved less successful in practice.
On 22nd June 1893, the Royal Navy's Mediterranean Fleet was about to
anchor off Tripoli, Lebanon. HMS VICTORIA
was the flagship of Admiral Tryon, Commander in Chief, who was
conducting maneuvers before anchoring. He ordered that his ships form
two columns, one led by him and the other by his second in command, Rear
Admiral Markham in CAMPERDOWN.
Tryon, an acknowledged expert in ship handling, ordered that the two
columns turn inwards towards each other to arrive on reciprocal courses
prior to anchoring. Unfortunately the two columns were only six cables
(1200 yards) apart. Because of the ships' turning circles, this meant
that a collision was inevitable. CAMPERDOWN
collided with VICTORIA
and the latter sank in about 10 minutes. Admiral Tryon and more than 350
of the ship's company went down with her.
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Model built and photographed by the author, used with
permission.
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