HMS Canopus (1899)

History of HMS Canopus (1899)

In response to the growing naval threat of Imperial Russia and Imperial Japan to its interests in the Pacific region, the Royal Navy began to create a service entirely dedicated to this operation A new class of battleships of domain design. This became the six-person Canopus class, designed for the rigors of remote operation at home.

The class is led by HMS Canopus and eventually joined by sisters Glory, Albion, Ocean, Goliath and Vengeance. Ocean and Goliath were killed in World War I in March and May 1915, respectively.

When HMS Dreadnought arrived in 1906, the class was classified as a former dreadnought. The former dreadnoughts inherited the ironclads, but were then superseded by the dreadnought type as the latter lacked key qualities - a unified main battery and a steam-based turbo propulsion scheme.

The Canopus class became the last class of pre-dreadnoughts to be completed anywhere in the world.

Specification

Fundamentals

Year of Service

1899

Origins

UK

Status

stop service

Destroyed, scrapped.

supplement

750

staff

SHIPBUILDER

Portsmouth Dockyard - UK

Class information

Class

Canopus class

Class Size

6

ships

Class

HMS Canopus; HMS Albion; Glory; HMS Goliath; HMS Ocean; HMS Vengeance

Operators

UK

Characters

Sea Bombing

Maritime bombardment/attack of surface targets/areas primarily through ship-based ballistic weapons.

Land Assault

Littoral attacks against surface targets primarily through ship-based missiles/missile weapons.

Sea Patrol

Active patrolling of critical waterways and sea areas; also serves as a local deterrent against air and maritime threats.

Airspace Denial/Deterrence

Neutralization or deterrence of flying elements by airborne missile weapon ballistics.

Fleet Support

Provide support (fire or materiel) to major surface fleets in blue water environments.

Flagship/Capital Ship

Take on the role of fleet flagship or capital ship in old battleship design/terminology.

Dimensions and Weight

Length

431. 0 feet

131.37m

Ray

74. 0 feet

22.56m

Draft

26. 0 feet

7.92m

Shift

14,300 t

Power and Performance

Installed Power:

Water tube boiler provides 15,400 hp for 2 x vertical triple expansion steam engines and drives 2 x shafts in the stern.

Surface Velocity

18. 0 nodes

(20.7 km/h)

Area

8,003nm

(9,210 miles | 14,822 kilometers)

Weapons

4 x 12" BL (305 mm)/35 Mk VIII main guns in two main turrets with two guns (one front and one rear). 12 x Secondary gun on 6" (152 mm) QF /40 single gun mount. 10 x 12 lb (76 mm) rapid-fire tertiary cannon mounted on a single gun mount. 6 x 3 lb guns in single gun position.

4 x 18" (450mm) torpedo tubes.

Aircraft

None.