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Rupert  

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
Rupert			Chatham DYd	6.6.1870	12.3.1872	1.7.1874	sold to BU 7.1907

Technical data

Displacement normal, t	5440
Displacement full, t
Length, m	80.5 pp
Breadth, m	16.2
Draught, m	6.86
No of shafts	2
Machinery	2 2-cyl HSE, rectangular boilers
Power, h. p.	3445
Max speed, kts	12.9
Fuel, t	coal 550
Endurance, nm(kts)	1340(10)
Armour, mm	iron; belt: 279 - 229 with 356mm wood backing, breastwork: 305, turret: 356 - 305, decks: 76 - 51, CT: 305
Armament	1 x 2 - 254/15 MLR Mk I/II, 2 x 1 - 160/16 64pdr 71cwt MLR
Complement	217

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Project history

Enlarged Hotspur with Glatton type turret in place of the fixed gun house, heavier armour and larger superstructure with a flying deck. Her machinery was unsatisfactory and she could not reach designed 14kts speed, in fact after some years of service she can make no more tan 10kts.

Ship protection

Waterline belt was 279mm amidships and 229mm at the ends, with a 76 - 51mm deck, the breastwork being of uniform 254mm with a 51mm deck. The turret had 356mm face and 305mm walls. CT had 305mm iron protection.

Modernizations

1887: - 2 x 1 - 160/16; + 2 x 1 - 152/26 BL Mk III, 4 x 1 - 57/40 6pdr Hotchkiss Mk I, 8 MG, 4 - 356 TT

(1891-1893): was re-engined and re-boilered (VTE, cylindrical boilers, 4630hp, 13.6kts, 390t of coal), fore mast was removed, mainmast received a fighting top; - 1 x 2 - 254/15; + 1 x 2 - 234/32 BL Mk VI, 6 x 1 - 47/40 3pdr Hotchkiss Mk I

Naval service

Rupert served as port guardship at Bermuda since 1904 and sold there in 1907.