HMS Victoria (1887)

34°32′N 35°50′E / 34.533°N 35.833°E / 34.533; 35.833

HMS Victoria by William Frederick Mitchell
History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Victoria
Namesake	Queen Victoria
Builder	Armstrong, Mitchell & Co. Elswick yard
Cost	£845,000
Yard number	490
Laid down	13 June 1885
Launched	9 April 1887
Commissioned	March 1890
Nickname(s)	"The Slipper";[1] Victoria and her sister ship Sans Pareil together were known as "The Pair of Slippers"[2]
Fate	Accidentally rammed and sunk, 22 June 1893
General characteristics [3]
Class and type	Victoria-class battleship
Displacement	11,020 long tons (11,197 t)
Length	340 ft (100 m)
Beam	70 ft (21 m)
Draught	26 ft 9 in (8.15 m)
Installed power	8,000 ihp (6,000 kW) (natural draught) 14,482 ihp (10,799 kW) (forced draught)
Propulsion	2 × Humphreys & Tennant triple-expansion engines 2 × propellers
Speed	16 kn (18 mph; 30 km/h) (natural draught) 17.3 kn (19.9 mph; 32.0 km/h) (forced draught)
Complement	430; as flagship: 583
Armament	2 × BL 16.25-inch (413 mm) guns 1 × BL 10-inch (254 mm) gun 12 × BL 6-inch (152 mm) guns 12 × 6-pounder (57 mm) guns 6 × 14 in (360 mm) torpedo tubes
Armour	Belt: 18 in (46 cm) Bulkheads: 16 in (41 cm) Turrets: 17 in (43 cm) Redoubt: 18 in (46 cm) Forward screen to battery: 6 in (15 cm) After screen to battery: 3 in (7.6 cm) Conning Tower: 14 in (36 cm) (sides), 2 in (5.1 cm) (top) Deck: 3 in (7.6 cm)
Service record
Part of:	Mediterranean Fleet
Commanders:	Captain Maurice Bourke

HMS Victoria was the lead ship in her class of two battleships of the Royal Navy. On 22 June 1893, she collided with HMS Camperdown near Tripoli, Lebanon, during manoeuvres and quickly sank, killing 358 crew members, including the commander of the British Mediterranean Fleet, Vice-Admiral Sir George Tryon.^[4] One of the survivors was executive officer John Jellicoe, later commander-in-chief of the British Grand Fleet at the Battle of Jutland.