HMS_Sans_Pareil_(1887) HMS_Sans_Pareil_(1887)

HMS Sans Pareil (1887) - Definition

Career RN Ensign
Ordered:
Laid down: 21 April1885 at Thames Ironworks and Shipbuilding Company, Blackwall
Launched: 9 May 1887
Commissioned: 8 July 1891
Decommissioned:
Fate: Sold for scrapping 9 April1907
Struck:
General Characteristics
Displacement: 11,020 tons (11,200 t)
Length: 340 ft (104 m)
Beam: 70 ft (21.3 m)
Draught: 29 ft (8.8 m)
Propulsion: Coal fired triple expansion steam engines, twin screws, 7,500 indicated horsepower
Speed: 16.75 knots maximum
Range:
Complement: 630
Armament: 2 x 16.25 inch (413 mm) 110 ton Armstrong guns in a single turret, 1 x 10 inch (254 mm) 29 ton gun, 12 x 6 inch (152 mm) guns, 12 x 6 pounder (2.7 kg) guns, 6 x 14 inch (356 mm) torpedo tubes
Armour: 18 inch belt


HMS Sans Pareil was a Victoria Class battleship of the British Royal Navy.

Her sister, HMS Victoria was sunk in an accidental collision in the Mediterranean with the loss of half of her crew.

For other ships of this name, see HMS Sans Pareil

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