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HMS Hercules (1868)

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485: 508: 435: 374: 59: 309: 33: 354:. The foremost and aftermost guns could be traversed to fire to within a few degrees of the line of the keel through recessed embrasures in the battery walls. These guns, each of which weighed 18 tons, fired a shell weighing 400 pounds with a muzzle velocity of 1,380 ft/s (420 m/s). A well-trained crew could fire one shot every 70 seconds. 357:
A 9-inch (230 mm) gun was placed on the mid-line on the main at stem and stern to provide end-on fire, and the 7-inch (180 mm) guns were mounted either side fore and aft on the upper deck, with firing embrasures cut to allow either end-on or broadside fire.
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A trial was undertaken in 1870 to compare the accuracy and rate of fire of turret-mounted heavy guns with those in a centre-battery ship. The target was a 600 feet (180 m) long, 60 feet (18 m) high rock off
469:, on the other hand sustained damage to bottom and sides. After a refit from 1874 to 1875 she was posted as Flagship, Mediterranean Fleet, until 1877. Paid off at Portsmouth, she was re-commissioned as Flagship of the 484: 619:, on 2 September, the last vessel to arrive there. With the Morecambe facility to close in April 1923, only limited demolition was carried out there, and on 1 December 1922 the hulk was towed to Wards' 2089: 507: 600:. By this time she was lacking masts, funnels, armament and superstructure, and was quite unrecognisable as the ship which had been widely regarded as Reed's masterpiece. 529:
She was flagship of the reserve fleet from 1881 until 1890, with a short break in 1885 when she formed part of the second Particular Service Squadron formed under Admiral
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In 1870 five of her 10-inch guns were damaged when shells burst before leaving the guns' barrels. In 1872 it was reported that three of the 10 inch guns were damaged.
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four hits were achieved with the first salvo; firing this salvo caused the ship to roll heavily (±20°); smoke from firing made aiming difficult. The
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also did better with their first salvo, were inconvenienced by the smoke of firing, and to a lesser extent were caused to roll by firing. On the
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Modernised between 1892 and 1893, she was held in reserve at Portsmouth until 1904. From March to June 1902 she served temporarily as port
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She was the first warship to carry the new 10-inch (250 mm) muzzle-loading rifle, which were ranged four on either side in a
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with thicker armour and heavier guns. She had a pointed ram where previous ships had sported a rounded one; she was built with a
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in the Victorian era, and was the first warship to mount a main armament of 10-inch (250 mm) calibre guns.
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the gunsights were on the guns, and this worked better than the turret roof gunsights used by the other ships.
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s engines being by this time inoperable, and in April 1915 she became an artificers' training establishment at
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Roberts, John (1979). "Great Britain and Empire Forces". In Chesneau, Roger & Kolesnik, Eugene M. (eds.).
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The arrangement of the guns precluded the usual arrangement where the anchor cable led into the main deck; in
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was seriously damaged below the waterline, with one compartment flooded, though she was able to steam to
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at the time of the Russian war scare in 1878. She was then relegated to the post of guardship in the
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with battering charges at a range of about 1,000 yards (0.91 km). Three out of the
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these cables led into the upper deck; she was the first battleship to be so fitted.
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The Foul of HMS 'Hercules' and 'Northumberland' in Funchal Roadstead, Madeira
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The Sail and Steam Navy List: All the Ships of the Royal Navy 1815–1889
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She carried two torpedo carriages for 14-inch (360 mm)
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A sketch by Charles Cooper Penrose Fitzgerald (1841-1921),
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Diagram of central battery from Brassey's Naval Annual 1888
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One-shaft Penn trunk engine, 7,178 ihp (5,353 kW)
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Warrior to Dreadnought: Warship Development 1860–1905
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of Sheffield for scrap, and arrived at their yard at
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Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. 1557: 1106: 453:and the ship drifted onto the ram bow of the 249:7 in (180 mm) muzzle-loading rifles 212:(16.90 mph; 27.21 km/h) under power 8: 981:: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list ( 177:26 ft 6 in (8.08 m) deep load 1564: 1550: 1542: 1113: 1099: 1091: 243:9-inch (229 mm) muzzle-loading rifles 1574:Shipwrecks and maritime incidents in 1872 921: 919: 917: 915: 913: 911: 909: 574:in 1909, and she served as depot ship at 544:with the crew of the permanent guardship 1071:. Greenwich, UK: Conway Maritime Press. 658: 146:8,830 long tons (8,972 t) full load 19:For other ships with the same name, see 1122:Ironclad warships of the United Kingdom 1032:Training Establishment and Its Ships", 762: 974: 860:– via British Newspaper Archive. 623:yard where breaking up was completed. 275:Battery: 6–8 in (150–200 mm) 27: 830:"Naval & Military intelligence". 815:"Naval & Military intelligence". 55: 7: 1009:Buxton, Ian; Dalziel, Nigel (1993). 473:formed under the command of Admiral 420:In July 1871 she successfully towed 2095:Maritime incidents in December 1872 514:forcing the blockade of Berehaven, 272:Belt: 6–9 in (150–230 mm) 1036:, London: Conway, pp. 29–43, 930:, Chatham Publishing, p. 50, 278:Bulkheads: 6 in (150 mm) 215:11 knots (20 km/h) under sail 14: 495:or steam launch attached to HMS 57: 31: 903:Buxton & Dalziel, pp. 29-31 871:Winfield, R.; Lyon, D. (2004). 570:The ship's name was changed to 16:1868 ironclad of the Royal Navy 994:. London: Chatham Publishing. 875:. London: Chatham Publishing. 143:8,677 long tons (8,816 t) 1: 2075:Battleships of the Royal Navy 174:24 ft (7.3 m) light 365:on the main deck from 1878. 744: 741: 738: 723: 720: 717: 699: 696: 693: 471:Particular Service Squadron 2111: 788:"The Guns of the Hercules" 770:"The Guns of the Hercules" 748: 727: 703: 681: 660: 499:in fair and foul weather. 18: 2040: 1519: 1432:Coastal defence ironclads 1199:Central battery ironclads 1011:Shipbreaking at Morecambe 775:Sheffield Daily Telegraph 749: 258:QF 4.7-inch (120 mm) guns 132: 50: 30: 990:Brown, David K. (1997). 520:Naval Manoeuvres of 1888 955:Ballard, G. 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Index

HMS Hercules

Henry J. Morgan
Hercules
Chatham Dockyard
Full-rigged ship
knots
10-inch (254 mm) rifled muzzle-loading guns
9-inch (229 mm) muzzle-loading rifles
7 in (180 mm) muzzle-loading rifles
QF 4.7-inch (120 mm) guns
ironclad
Royal Navy

Sir Edward Reed
HMS Bellerophon
forecastle
balanced rudder
box battery
Whitehead torpedoes

First Lieutenant
HMS Agincourt
Pearl Rock
Gibraltar
Channel Fleet
HMS Agincourt
Gibraltar

Funchal

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