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HMS Minotaur (1863)

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In 1882, she took part in naval operations off Egypt during the British invasion of the country, arriving in Alexandria just after the British squadron there had bombarded the port's defences on 11 July. She remained on active service off Egypt, sometimes shelling shore positions, until October 1882
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was rearmed in 1875 with a uniform armament of 17 nine-inch guns, 14 on the main deck, two forward chase guns and one rear chase gun. The gun ports had to be enlarged to accommodate the larger guns by hand, at a cost of £250 each. About 1883 two 6 inches (152 mm) breech-loading guns replaced two
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was considered "an excellent sea-boat and a steady gun platform, but unhandy under steam and practically unmanageable under sail" as built. Steam-powered steering improved her manoeuvring qualities significantly when it was installed in 1875 and she was judged "one of our very best manoeuvrers we
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Ironclad is the all-encompassing term for armoured warships of this period. Armoured frigates were basically designed for the same role as traditional wooden frigates, but this later changed as the size and expense of these ships forced them to be used in the line of
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as "the dullest performers under canvas of the whole masted fleet of their day, and no ships ever carried so much dress to so little purpose." In 1893–4, after her withdrawal from active service,
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The ship had five masts and a sail area of 32,377 square feet (3,008 m). Because her propeller could only be disconnected and not hoisted up into the stern of the ship to reduce drag,
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layout of their predecessor, but their sides were fully armoured to protect the 50 guns they were designed to carry. Each was equipped with a plough-shaped
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only made 9.5 knots (17.6 km/h; 10.9 mph) under sail. Both funnels were semi-retractable to reduce wind resistance while under sail. Admiral
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of 26 feet 10 inches (8.2 m). The ships displaced 10,627 long tons (10,798 t). The hull was subdivided by 15 watertight transverse
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only suffered some minor flooding. She paid off for a long refit in 1873 and resumed her position in 1875 when she rejoined the Channel Squadron.
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as the flagship of the Channel Squadron, a position which she retained until 1873. In 1872 the ship nearly rammed the ironclad
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of 1,420 ft/s (430 m/s) and was credited with the ability to penetrate a 11.3 inches (287 mm) of
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9-inch gun weighed 254 pounds (115.2 kg) while the gun itself weighed 12 long tons (12 t). It had a
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was reboilered in 1893 and reached 14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph) with 6,288 ihp (4,689 kW).
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at the end of 1887 in Portsmouth and assigned to the Reserve until 1893 when she became a training ship at
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protected the forward chase guns on the upper deck. The armour was backed by 10 inches (254 mm) of
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were 30 inches (0.8 m) wide which allowed each gun to fire 30° fore and aft of the beam.
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on the main deck and 10 more on the upper deck on pivot mounts. The gun was a new design from
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became the first ship in the Royal Navy to receive a permanent installation of an electric
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armour that tapered from 4.5 inches (114 mm) at the ends to 5.5 inches (140 mm)
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were mounted on the main deck while four seven-inch guns were fitted on the upper deck as
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On 28 February 1887, she rescued the passengers and crew of the British steamship
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because she was used for evaluations of her armament and different sailing rigs.
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in 1854, during Queen Victoria's Golden Jubilee Fleet Review on 23 July 1887.
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with heavier armament, armour, and more powerful engines. They retained the
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during construction. She was laid down on 12 September 1861 by the
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provided steam to the engine at a working pressure of 25 
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on 25 April 1908. She was sold on 30 January 1922 for scrap.
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s deck in the late 1860s. A 7-inch muzzle-loading rifle on a
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in 1890. The ship's steadiness was partially a result of her
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in 1887. She became a training ship in 1893 and was then
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Lead ship of the British Minotaur-class armoured frigates
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in 1905 when she became part of the training school at
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Warrior to Dreadnought: Warship Development 1860–1905
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Index

HMS Minotaur

Minotaur
Thames Ironworks and Shipbuilding Company
scrap
Minotaur-class
armoured frigate
ihp
Trunk steam engine
fire-tube boilers
knots
nmi
9-inch (230 mm) rifled muzzle-loading guns
7-inch (180 mm) rifled muzzle-loaders
Belt
Bulkheads
lead ship
Minotaur-class
armoured frigates
Royal Navy
launching
commissioning
flagship
Channel Squadron
Queen Victoria's
Fleet Review
hulked
Harwich
scrap
HMS Achilles

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