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Hms Devastation was an Ironclad turret ship designed and built for the Royal Navy. She was laid down in November 1869, launched in 1871 and then comissioned in April 1873. Devastation was a large leap forward in warship design as she was one of the first ships to never feature sails as primary or secondary…
Hms Inflexible was completed just in time for the bombardment of Alexandria just a year later from when she was launched,during which she would fire 88 of her huge 16 inch shells at Alexandrias forts, along with many other ships being present.The purpose of this was to silence the defences which were in the hands…
HMS Collossus was a battleship designed and built for the Royal navy. She was laid down in June 1879 and launched in march 1882, and was comissioned in 1886. Its hull was made of open hearth steel and the armour was a steel faced compound, making it one of the first all steel battleships in…
HMS Roberts was a Roberts class monitor built for the Royal Navy during the early stages of WW2 and comissioned in October 1941. Her role was to take part in shore bombardments and provide support for landing troops whenever a naval invasion was taking place. This required a vessel with large guns (in her case…
HMS Revenge is a Revenge class battleship of the Royal navy and completed in 1915 during ww1.The ship was designed as a follow up to the Queen Elizabeth class battleships,carrying the same main armament,but with a reduction in speed and size to reduce the overall cost of the ships.Revenge was active during the battle of…