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HMS Captain was a major warship built for the Royal Navy as a semi-private venture, following a dispute between the designer and the Admiralty.
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HMS Captain was to have been an iron screw ship, but the...
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HMS Captain was to have been an iron screw ship, but the name was changed and she was launched as HMS Agincourt in 1865. HMS Captain (1869) was a masted turret ship launched in 1869. She foundered in a gale in 1870 off Cape Finisterre .
Le HMS Captain, lancé en 1869 et qui chavira et fit naufrage en septembre 1870 dans le golfe de Gascogne, avec la perte de près de 500 vies humaines était un navire de guerre expérimental de la Royal Navy dont la conception, la construction, les essais et la perte furent l'objet de polémiques passionnées à l'époque, en ...
HMS Captain was a major warship built for the Royal Navy as a semi-private venture, following a dispute between the designer and the Admiralty. With wrought-iron armour, steam propulsion, and the main battery mounted in rotating armoured turrets, the ship was, at first appearance, quite innovative and formidable.
The loss of the Captain was a national catastrophe touching Queen Victoria personally and memorialised at St. Paul’s Cathedral and Westminster Abbey. The University of Wolverhampton have launched a project to find the wreck of HMS Captain and what a discovery that would be.
O HMS Captain, lançado em 1869 e que naufragou e naufragou em setembro de 1870 no Golfo da Biscaia, com a perda de quase 500 vidas humanas, era um navio de guerra experimental da Marinha Real cujo projeto, construção, testes e perda foram o assunto de acalorada polêmica na época, em particular por meio da imprensa.
Media in category "HMS Captain (ship, 1869)" The following 17 files are in this category, out of 17 total. H.M.S. Captain Double Turret and Double Screw Ironclad, Captain H.T. Burgoyne V.C - turned bottom upwards in a Gale, and sank in three minutes in the Bay of Biscay on the 7th of Septr 1870 RMG PW8164.tiff 4,800 × 4,513; 61.98 MB
