Victoria in the River Tyne, in front of the High Level Bridge
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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 |
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Fate | Accidentally rammed and sunk, 22 June 1893 |
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Class and type | Victoria-class battleship |
Displacement | 11,020 long tons (11,200 t) |
Length | 340 ft (100 m) |
Beam | 70 ft (21 m) |
Draught | 26 ft 9 in (8.15 m) |
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Complement | 430; as flagship: 583 |
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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.