Hector-class ironclad
Pair of Royal Navy armoured frigates built in the 1860s / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Hector-class ironclads were a pair of armoured frigates built for the Royal Navy (RN) in the 1860s. Hector was completed in 1864 and assigned to the Channel Fleet until she began a refit in 1867. Valiant's builder went bankrupt, delaying her launching by a year. The ship then had to wait almost another five years to receive her guns and be commissioned. Both ships were assigned to the Reserve Fleet from 1868 until they were paid off in 1885–1886. They were mobilized during the Russo-Turkish War of 1877–1878, but saw no action. They were hulked in the late 1890s and assigned to shore establishments. Hector was scrapped in 1905, but Valiant was converted into a floating oil tank in 1926; she was sold for scrap thirty years later.
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Class overview | |
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Preceded by | Defence-class ironclad |
Succeeded by | HMS Achilles |
Built | 1861–1868 |
In commission | 1864–1886 |
Completed | 2 |
Scrapped | 2 |
General characteristics | |
Type | Armoured frigate |
Displacement | 7,000 long tons (7,100 t) |
Length | 280 ft 2 in (85.4 m) |
Beam | 56 ft 5 in (17.2 m) |
Draught | 26 ft 2 in (8 m) |
Installed power | |
Propulsion | 1 shaft; 1 HRCR steam engine |
Sail plan | Barque-rig |
Speed | 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph) |
Range | 800 nmi (1,500 km; 920 mi) at 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph) |
Complement | 530 |
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