Battleship

HMS Canopus

Class Canopus

Type 1st Class pre-Dreadnought Battleship

Built at Portsmouth, 1899

Speed 18 knots

Weight 13,150

Armament 12 x 6 inch Guns, 10 x 12 pdr Guns, 6 x 3 pdr Guns, 4 Torpedo Tubes

Crew 682

Fate She was sold in 1920.

Notes This ship introduced Krupp Cemented armour which allowed a considerable saving in weight (1inch of Krupp armour was equivalent to 2.6inches of iron). At the outbreak of World War I, she was the guardship at St. Vincent. She was sent to Admiral Cradock's squadron but did not reach it in time to join the engagement at Coronel. However, she was then ordered to become the guardship for Port Stanley. Her guns were the first to engage Von Spee's squadron at the battle of the Falkland Islands. In 1915, she was back in action again at the Dardanelles. In 1916, she returned to Chatham to become an accomodation ship there.

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Class	Canopus
Type	1st Class pre-Dreadnought Battleship
Built	at Portsmouth, 1899
Speed	18 knots
Weight	13,150
Armament	12 x 6 inch Guns, 10 x 12 pdr Guns, 6 x 3 pdr Guns, 4 Torpedo Tubes
Crew	682
Fate	She was sold in 1920.
Notes	This ship introduced Krupp Cemented armour which allowed a considerable saving in weight (1inch of Krupp armour was equivalent to 2.6inches of iron). At the outbreak of World War I, she was the guardship at St. Vincent. She was sent to Admiral Cradock's squadron but did not reach it in time to join the engagement at Coronel. However, she was then ordered to become the guardship for Port Stanley. Her guns were the first to engage Von Spee's squadron at the battle of the Falkland Islands. In 1915, she was back in action again at the Dardanelles. In 1916, she returned to Chatham to become an accomodation ship there.