HMS Ramillies (1892)

HMS Ramillies
History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Ramillies
Namesake	Battle of Ramillies
Builder	J & G Thomson Ltd., Clydebank
Laid down	11 August 1890
Launched	1 March 1892
Commissioned	17 October 1893
Decommissioned	August 1911
Fate	Sold for scrapping, 7 October 1913
General characteristics [1]
Class and type	Royal Sovereign-class pre-dreadnought battleship
Displacement	14,190 long tons (14,420 t), 15,580 long tons (15,830 t) full load
Length	410 ft 5 in (125.10 m) oa
Beam	75 ft (23 m)
Draught	27 ft 6 in (8.38 m)
Propulsion	Twin coal-fired Humphreys & Tennant 3-cylinder triple-expansion steam engines, two screws; 9000ihp
Speed	15.7 knots max
Complement	712
Armament	2 × twin 13.5 in (343 mm) guns 10 × single 6 in (152 mm) guns 10 × single 6-pdr (57 mm (2.2 in)) guns 12 × single 3-pdr (47 mm (1.9 in)) guns 6 × 18-inch (450 mm) torpedo tubes (4 above water, 2 submerged)
Armour	Main belt: 14–18 in (356–457 mm) Upper belt: 3–4 in (76–102 mm) Forward Bulkheads: 16 in (406 mm) After bulkhead: 14 in (356 mm) Barbettes: 11–17 in (279–432 mm) Casemates: 6 in (152 mm) Conning Tower: 14 in (356 mm) Deck: 2.5–3 in (64–76 mm)

HMS Ramillies was a Royal Sovereign-class pre-dreadnought battleship of the Royal Navy, named after the Battle of Ramillies. The ship was built by J. & G. Thompson at Clydebank, starting with her keel laying in August 1890. She was launched in March 1892 and commissioned into the Mediterranean Fleet as flagship the following October. She was armed with a main battery of four 13.5-inch guns and a secondary battery of ten 6-inch guns. The ship had a top speed of 16.5 knots.

Ramillies served as flagship of the Mediterranean Fleet up to 1899, and again from 1900 to 1902. After taking part in manoeuvres off the coast of Portugal, she returned to England for a refit in 1903. Upon completion, she was commissioned into the Reserve in 1905. She suffered damage while participating in combined manoeuvres the following year, and was recommissioned into the Special Service Division of the Home Fleet in 1907, becoming the Parent Ship of the 4th Division of the Home Fleet in 1910. She was relieved of that role a year later, before being reduced to material reserve at Devonport in August 1911, and stripped and laid up at Motherbank for disposal in July 1913. She was sold for scrap in October 1913 and towed to Italy to be broken up the following month.