HMS Hotspur (1870)

History
United Kingdom
Builder	Robert Napier and Sons, Govan, Scotland
Laid down	2 October 1868
Launched	19 March 1870
Commissioned	17 November 1871
Fate	Scrapped 1904
General characteristics
Displacement	4,331 tons
Length	235 ft (72 m)
Beam	50 ft (15 m)
Draught	19 ft (5.8 m) light, 20 ft 8 in (6.30 m) deep load
Propulsion	Two-shaft Napier reciprocating, I.H.P.= 3,500
Speed	12.65 knots (23.43 km/h; 14.56 mph)
Complement	209 officers and men
Armament	1871:; An armoured ram; 1 × 12 inch (305 mm) 25-ton muzzle-loading rifle; 2 × 64-pounder muzzle-loading rifles; 1883:; An armoured ram; 2 × 12 inch (305 mm) muzzle-loading rifles; 2 × BL 6-inch (152.4 mm) Mk II guns; 8 × 3 in (76 mm) quick-firers; 8 × machine guns;
Armour	Belt: 11 inches (280 mm) tapering to 8 inches (200 mm); Breastwork: 8 inches (200 mm); Turret: 10 inches (250 mm) front, 8.5 inches (220 mm) rear; Conning tower: 10 inches (250 mm) front, 6 inches (150 mm) rear; Deck: 2.75 inches (70 mm) tapering to 1 inch (25 mm);

HMS Hotspur was a Victorian Royal Navy ironclad ram – a warship armed with guns but whose primary weapon was a ram.