HMS Neptune (1874)
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| Ship data | ||
| Ship name | HMS Neptune | |
| Ship type | Ironclad | |
| Keel laying : | 1873 | |
| Launching ( ship christening ): | September 10, 1874 | |
| Builder: | Dudgeon | |
| Crew: | 541 men | |
| Whereabouts: | Sold for demolition on September 15, 1903 | |
| Technical specifications | ||
| Displacement : | 9,130 ts | |
| Length: | L pp = 91.44 m | |
| Width: | 19.20 m | |
| Draft: | 7.62 m | |
| Top speed: | 14.2 kn | |
| Rigging: | Barque | |
| Machinery: | 8 suitcase boiler 1 located 2-cylinder Trunk machine of Penn 2 chimneys |
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| Number of screws: | 1 | |
| Shaft speed: | ? | |
| Power: | 7,993 PSi | |
| Top speed: | 14.22 kn | |
| Driving distance: | ? | |
| Fuel supply: | ? | |
| Armor | ||
| Belt armor: | 304.8 mm | |
| Towers: | 330.2 mm | |
| Command tower: | 203.2 mm | |
| Armament | ||
| pulled muzzle loader | 2 x 12 "(304.8 mm) 13.2 cal. | |
| pulled muzzle loader | 2 x 9 "(228.6 mm) 14.0 cal. | |
| 20 pounder breech loader | 6 × 3.75 "(95.25 mm) | |
| Torpedo launching device | 2 × 14 "(35.6 cm) | |
The HMS Neptune was an ironclad in the Royal Navy .
The armament was housed in two gun turrets and the ship was provided with a complete rig. As with all turret armored ships with sails, a deck was installed above the main deck in order to keep the fire area of the guns as free as possible from shrouds, lines and stays.
Sir E. Reed constructed the ship for Brazil under the name Independencia . According to various sources, he was dissatisfied with the concept and saw too many obsolete features in the client's ideas, so that the construction took an unusually long time. The ironclad was then laid down in 1873 and the launch took place on September 10, 1874, during which the ship got stuck and did not go into the water. During the second attempt on July 16, 1875, the ship also failed to hand over its element and the hull only floated up on July 30, 1875 - however, the keel was broken during the launch attempts, as the ship was already on the slipway with almost its entire keel Armor had been provided, which due to its weight probably also caused the unsuccessful launching. As a result, lengthy repairs became necessary.
The ship was not delivered to Brazil as the Admiralty wanted to increase its armored ship fleet in the face of the Russo-Turkish War of 1877. So she bought the ship and listed it under the name HMS Neptune as the fifth ship of this name in the fleet of the Royal Navy .
On October 23, 1903, on the way to scrapping, the Neptune rammed the Victory in Portsmouth harbor , which almost sank.
Remarks
- ↑ L pp = length between perpendiculars or length between perpendiculars: distance between the axis of the rudder stock and the trailing edge of the leading edge in the construction waterline.
literature
- The deep sea armored ships
- Foss: Marine studies . 1899
- Jane's & Cornway's Fighting Ships , vintages before 1906
- Steam, Steel to the Shellfire
