HMS Devastation (1871)

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HMS Devastation in 1896.
History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Devastation
Builder	Portsmouth Dockyard
Cost	£361,438
Laid down	12 November 1869
Launched	12 July 1871
Commissioned	19 April 1873
Refit	1879 and 1891–1892
Stricken	1907
Fate	Scrapped, Thos. W. Ward, May 1908
General characteristics
Class and type	Devastation-class ironclad
Displacement	9,330 long tons (9,480 t) standard 13,000 long tons (13,000 t) full load
Length	285 ft (87 m) p/p 307 ft (94 m) o/a
Beam	62 ft 3 in (18.97 m)
Height	27 ft 6 in (8.38 m)
Draught	26 ft 8 in (8.13 m) (mean)
Depth of hold	18 ft (5.5 m)
Deck clearance	4 ft 6 in (1.37 m)
Propulsion	As built: 4 × 2-cylinder Penn & Sons trunk engines 8 × rectangular 30 psi (210 kPa) boilers 6,637 ihp 2 screws From 1890: Triple expansion steam engines Cylindrical boilers
Speed	As built: 13.84 knots (25.63 km/h; 15.93 mph) (speed trial) From 1890: 14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph)
Range	3,550 nmi (6,570 km; 4,090 mi) at 12 kn (22 km/h; 14 mph) 5,570 nmi (10,320 km; 6,410 mi) at 10 kn (19 km/h; 12 mph)
Complement	329–410
Armament	As built: 4 × 35 ton 12 in (305 mm) muzzle-loading rifles From 1890: 4 × BL 10-inch (254 mm) guns 6 × 6-pounder (57 mm) guns 8 × 3-pounder (47 mm) guns 2 × 14-inch (356 mm) torpedo launchers (added 1879)
Armour	Turrets: 12–14 in (300–360 mm) Breastworks and hull: 10–12 in (250–300 mm) Bulkheads: 4–6 in (100–150 mm)

HMS Devastation was the first of two Devastation-class mastless turret ships built for the Royal Navy. This was the first class of ocean-going capital ship that did not carry sails, and the first whose entire main armament was mounted on top of the hull rather than inside it.