Ship Class: HMS Defence

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Ship Class	HMS Defence


Ship	HMS Defence HMS Resistance

Ship Type	Battleship
Battleship Type	First Class
Battleship Generation	Broadside
Ship Class Attribute	Rigged For Sails
Sailing Rig	Barque
Sail Area	24 500ft2
Sq Foot Per Ton	4.036

Ship Classes
1)	2) 1: Developed By Country	3) 2: Flag	4) 1: First Laid Down	5) 1: Last Disposed
	Great Britain		1859 Dec 01	1935 Jan 01

Ship Classes
	Standard Displacement	Length Overall	Beam	Draught	Complement	Class Complement
	6 070ton	92.04m	16.51m	7.62m	460	920

Ship Classes
	Shafts	Main Engines	Max Speed	Machinery Type	Boilers	Boiler Pressure
	1	2 540hp	11.6kt	Reciprocating	4	20psi

Ship Classes
	Bunkerage
	460ton

Ship Classes
1)	2) 1: As Built Armament	3) 2:Turret Model	4) 1:Armour Kind	5) 1: As Built Armour
	Gun 2 X BR 8in 15cal RML Mk III Single	BR 8in 15cal RML Mk III Single	Iron	4.5in Bulkhead \| 4.5in Belt
	Gun 14 X BR 7in 16cal RML Mk III Single	BR 7in 16cal RML Mk III Single	Iron	4.5in Bulkhead \| 4.5in Belt

Ship Classes
	Number In Class	Built By Shipbuilder	Building Cost Per Ship Pound Sterling	Building Cost Per Ship Pounds Sterling Per Ton	Class Building Cost Pound Sterling
	2	Palmers Westwood And Baillie	252 422	40.9	504 844

Ship Classes
	Potentially Involved In Tension
	1859 1903 Great Britain France 1859 1905 Great Britain Russia 1889 1946 Great Britain Germany 1914 1922 Great Britain Turkey 1917 1941 Great Britain Russia 1922 1944 Great Britain Italy

Documents
1) Covered By Document	2) 1: as Document Reference	3) 2: Page Number	4) 3: as
Conway's All The World's Fighting Ships 1860-1905	[More]	8	N

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