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HMS Triumph
HMS Triumph HMS Triumph, was a Swiftsure class pre-dreadnought battleship.
Built Vickers, Barrow, laid down February 1902, completed June 1904, at a cost of £956,596. She was 462 feet 6 inch long at the waterline 475 feet 3 inch overall, beam 71 feet 2 inches, draught 24 feet 8 inches, displacement 11,740 load 13,432 tons deep. Her
propulsion was 2 shaft Triple Expansion, 12,500 ihp, speed 19 knots.
Armour was 7-3inch belt, 10inch barbettes, 10inch gun houses, 3-1inch decks.
Armament was 4 x 10inch 45 cal BL (2 x 2), 14 x 7.5inch BL (14 x 1), 14 x 14pounder QF (14 x 1), 2 x 12pounder QF (2 x 1), 4 x 6pounder (4 x 1), 2 x 18inch TT.
Crew complement 729 Officers and ratings.
Originally designed by Sir Edward Reed for Chile to counter Argentinean armoured cruisers but owing to financial problems these ships were put up for sale before completion. The ships were purchased by the British government in December 1903 mainly to prevent their possible sale to Russia. The design emphasised speed and a heavy secondary armament at the expense of protection and main armament.
World War 1 Service:
- In reserve at Hong Kong at the start of war and re-commissioned there.
- Took part in search for Admiral Graf Spee and captured a German collier.
- August-November 1914 attached to Japanese Second Fleet for action against German base at Tsingtau.
- November 1914-January 1915 under refit at Hong Kong.
- February 1915 joined Dardanelles Squadron.
- Took part in attacks on forts and supported landings.
- 18 April 1915 one of her picket boats along with one from HMS Majestic destroyed the grounded British submarine E15 to prevent capture.
- 25 May 1915 torpedoed and sunk by German submarine U21.
John Doran
12th Jan 1915 On the Move
28th Jan 1915 Naval Attack Approved
12th Feb 1915 On the Move
18th Feb 1915 Attack Made
19th Feb 1915 A Full Day of Action
19th Feb 1915 Attack
25th Feb 1915 Bombardment
26th Feb 1915 Straits Entered
2nd Mar 1915 Attack Made
5th Mar 1915 Operations
18th Mar 1915 Forts Attacked
15th Apr 1915 Bombardment
18th Apr 1915 Submarine Sunk
25th Apr 1915 Landing
25th May 1915 Ship Sunk
25th May 1915 Ship Lost
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