Devastation-class ironclad
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For the French ironclads with a similar name, see Dévastation class ironclad.
The two British Devastation-class battleships of the 1870s, HMS Devastation and HMS Thunderer, were the first class of ocean-going capital ship that did not carry sails, and the first which mounted the entire main armament on top of the hull rather than inside it.
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HMS Devastation in 1896 | |
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Succeeded by | HMS Dreadnought (1875)[1] |
Cost | |
Built | 1869–1877[1] |
In service | 1874-1905 |
In commission | 1873-1909 |
Planned | 2 |
Completed | 2 |
Retired | 2 |
Scrapped | 2 |
General characteristics [4] | |
Displacement | 9,330 long tons (9,480 t) |
Length | |
Beam | 62 ft 3 in (18.97 m) |
Draught | 26 ft 8 in (8.13 m) |
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Complement | 410 |
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The ships were designed by Sir Edward Reed, whose concept was to produce short, handy ships of medium size as heavily armed as possible with a good turn of speed, that could attack and destroy an opponent without much risk of being damaged during the process.[10]