HMS Triumph (1870)

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HMS Triumph dressed, most likely on the occasion of the official opening of the Canadian Pacific Railway in Vancouver harbour in 1887
History
United Kingdom
Name	Triumph (1873–1903) Tenedos (1903–1910) Indus IV (1910–1914) Algiers (1914–1921)
Builder	Palmers Shipbuilding and Iron Company, Jarrow
Laid down	31 August 1868
Launched	27 September 1870
Completed	8 April 1873
Fate	Sold for scrapping, November 1921
General characteristics
Class and type	Swiftsure class battleship
Displacement	6,640 long tons (6,750 t)
Length	280 ft (85 m)
Beam	55 ft (17 m)
Draught	24 ft 5 in (7.44 m) light 26 ft 1 in (7.95 m) deep load
Propulsion	One-shaft Maudslay, 4,890 ihp
Sail plan	Ship-rigged, sail area 41,900 sq ft (3,890 m2)
Speed	14.07 knots (16.19 mph; 26.06 km/h)
Complement	450
Armament	10 × 9-inch (230 mm) muzzle-loading rifles 4 × 6-inch (150 mm) muzzle-loading rifles 6 × 20-pounder saluting cannon
Armour	Belt: 6–8 inches (150–200 mm) Battery: 4–6 inches (100–150 mm) Bulkheads: 4–5 inches (100–130 mm)

HMS Triumph was a broadside ironclad battleship of the Victorian era, the sister-ship of HMS Swiftsure. These two ships comprise the Swiftsure class of 1870.

The two sister-ships, which were built side by side by Palmers, were designed and built specifically to serve as flagships on distant stations, primarily with the Pacific squadron. They were powered by a Maudslay horizontal twin-cylinder return connecting-rod engine, and were the last British battleships to be fitted with a hoisting screw.