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Puritan

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No	Name	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comm	Fate
M1, 1920- BM1	Puritan	160	John Roach, Chester // New York N Yd	1875	6.12.1882	10.12.1896	TS 1899-1902, receiving ship 6.1903

Technical data

Displacement normal, t	6060
Displacement full, t
Length, m	90.3
Breadth, m	18.3
Draught, m	5.49 mean
No of shafts	2
Machinery	2 HCE, 8 cylindrical boilers
Power, h. p.	3700
Max speed, kts	12.4
Fuel, t	coal 410
Endurance, nm(kts)
Armour, mm	Harvey and nickel steel; belt: 356 - 152, deck: 51, barbettes: 356, turrets: 203, CT: 254
Armament	2 x 2 - 305/35 Mk I, 6 x 1 - 102/40 Mk III/IV/V/VI, 6 x 1 - 57 Hotchkiss Mk I/II
Complement	200

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Project history

The largest of the 'New Navy' monitors, Puritan had no resemblance to the uncompleted Civil War ship of which she was nominally a repair. Her completion to the above design was authorized under the Act of 3.8.1886 and ordered 26.6.1889. She was heavily gunned and armoured and a powerful ship for her size, but except for coast defence her very low freeboard was a serious disadvantage. Puritan was iron-hulled.

Ship protection

Steel 51mm armour deck was connected with upper edge of iron main belt. The thickness of the belt was 356mm amidships and 152mm at ship ends. Barbettes had 356mm protection, turrets 203mm.

Modernizations

None.

Naval service

Puritan was used as TS at the Naval Academy in 1899-1902, as receiving ship at Philadelphia 6.1903-1904, as TS for Naval Militia in 1904-9/1909 and was finally decommissioned in April 1910. Since 1910 she was used as target ship Target B. In July, 1921 she was converted to radio controlled target ship IX6 and sold for BU in January 1922.