HMS Collingwood (1882)

Collingwood at anchor
History
United Kingdom
Name	Collingwood
Namesake	Admiral Cuthbert Collingwood
Builder	Pembroke Dockyard
Laid down	12 July 1880
Launched	22 November 1882
Completed	July 1887
Fate	Sold for scrap, 11 May 1909
General characteristics
Class and type	Admiral-class ironclad battleship
Displacement	9,500 long tons (9,700 t)
Length	325 ft (99.1 m) (p.p.)
Beam	68 ft (20.7 m)
Draught	26 ft 11 in (8.2 m)
Installed power	7,000 ihp (5,200 kW) (normal)
Propulsion	2 × screws 2 × compound-expansion steam engines
Speed	16.8 kn (31.1 km/h; 19.3 mph) (forced draught)
Range	8,500 nmi (15,700 km; 9,800 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph)
Complement	498
Armament	2 × twin 12 in (305 mm) guns Mk II replaced by BL 12 inch Mk V in 1886/7 6 × single 6 in (152 mm) guns 12 × single 6 pdr 2.2 in (57 mm) guns 8 × single 3 pdr 1.9 in (47 mm) guns 4 × 14 in (356 mm) torpedo tubes
Armour	Waterline belt: 18–8 in (457–203 mm) Bulkheads: 16–7 in (406–178 mm) Barbettes: 11.5–10 in (292–254 mm) Conning tower: 12–2 in (305–51 mm) Deck: 3–2 in (76–51 mm)

HMS Collingwood was the lead ship of her class of ironclad battleships built for the Royal Navy during the 1880s. The ship's essential design became the standard for most of the following British battleships. Completed in 1887, she spent the next two years in reserve before she was assigned to the Mediterranean Fleet for the next eight years. After returning home in 1897, the ship spent the next six years as a guardship in Ireland. Collingwood was not significantly damaged during an accidental collision in 1899 and was paid off four years later. The ship was sold for scrap in 1909 and subsequently broken up.