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HMS Achilles a Broadside
ironclad built at Chatham Dockyard, HMS Achilles was a modified
design of the Warrior. HMS Achilles was the largest Sail ship in the
Royal navy at that time it was also the only four masted
warship. laid down on the 1st August 1861, and launched on the
26th November 1863 and completed 26th November 1864. HMS
Achilles seems to have been difficult to handle due to her size, but
she maneuvered better than HMS warrior, in 1877 she became a
barque rig and her sea going duties ended in1885, She became a base
ship in 1902 and renamed HMS Hibernia, and her name changed again in
1904 to HMS Egmont, in 1918 she became HMS Egremont and her last
change of name happened in 1919 as HMS Pembroke
Displacement: 9829 tons,
Speed 14.32 knots. Compliment: 709 Armament: Twenty two
7-inch MLR and Four 8-inch MLR
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| HMS ACHILLES |
23RD DECEMBER 1863 |
BECAME BASE SHIP HIBERNIA IN 1902,
EGMONT IN 1904, THEN EGREMONT IN 1918 AND FINALLY PEMBROKE IN 1919.
SOLD FOR SCRAP IN 1925. |
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HMS Achilles pictured pre 1896.
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HMS Achilles, 1864.
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The new crew to HMS Egmont came from HMS Pembroke.
Served in the Malta Station supporting the submarines during world war
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HMS
Egmont - Name History |
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The sixth “EGMONT” is a 16-gun broadside
battleship, launched at Chatham in 1863 as the “Achilles.”
She is of 9820 tons, 5720 horse-power, and 14,3 knots speed.
Her length, beam, and draught were 380ft., 58ft., and 27ft.
This vessel went to Malta as receiving ship as the
“Hibernia,” but her name was subsequently changed to “Egmont.” |
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