| HMS Vengeance, which was the last of the Canopus Class to be put
into commission, was also, in some respects, the most powerful. Like her
sister ships, she was of 12,950 tons displacement, and her principal
armament consisted of four 12 in guns, mounted in two barbettes, which had
all-round-loading positions. She also carried twelve 6 in quick firers, as
well as smaller guns, and had a sea speed of 17 knots. She had a
water-line belt which extended forward and aft from the more strongly
protected portion in the centre, diminishing in thickness as it
progressed. But the feature of the Vengeance was that her armour was of
the Krupp type, and that, thickness for thickness, it possessed greater
resisting powers than that of any of her sister ships. Captain L C Stuart,
had his pennant on board the Vengeance in 1902 at which time her
complement was 750 officers and men.
Displacement: 12,950 tons.
Length: 410 ft. Beam: 74 ft. Draught: 26.5
ft. Complement: 750. Armament: four 12 ins guns,
twelve 6 ins guns, ten 3 ins guns, six 3 pounder guns and two maxims with
four torpedo tubes. |
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HMS Vengeance, 1902.
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HMS Vengeance, 1915.
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HMS Vengeance leaves Portsmouth for the Mediterranean in
1902.
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The Last of the Canopus Class HMS Vengeance pictured
in 1902
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Contributed by Vaughan Cullen, with the following
details:
This photo is of John Alexander Stewart with his ship
mates on H.M.S. Vengeance on the China station in 1904, he is seated in
front. Alex was to leave the navy and become a submariner in 1906 - 12 and
was in N.R. when the war broke out and recalled to service . He was killed
on the Bulwark in Nov. 1914 in Chatham Harbour. |
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Captain
Leslie Stuart and Officers of the Vengeance in 1902.
Left
to right: Back row - C H Crompton, A J Carter, F L Horsey, J E Davenport,
W T Carlyle, T Merriman, S R Lewis.
Middle
row - A M Phillips, D T Norris, F C Brown, H H Penrose, E G Durran, L M
Darbyshire, H B Panton, H C Woodyatt, C E Law.
Front
row - H Meikle, G W Vivian, F C Allenby, Captain Stuart, W Coleman, H N
Dymott, Captain G N A Harris. |
| HMS
Vengeance - Sister ships of the Canopus Class |
| HMS ALBION |
21ST JUNE 1898 |
SOLD FOR B/U 11TH DECEMBER 1919 |
| HMS CANOPUS |
12TH OCTOBER 1897 |
SOLD FOR B/U 28TH JANUARY 1920 |
| HMS GLORY |
11TH MARCH 1899 |
SOLD FOR B/U 19TH DECEMBER 1922 |
| HMS GOLIATH |
25TH MARCH 1898 |
TORPEDOED 13TH MAY 1915 |
| HMS OCEAN |
5TH JULY 1898 |
MINED 18TH MARCH 1915 |
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