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Histories of the early ironclad
battleships. Ships included are HMS Pallas, HMS Bellerophon, HMS
Penelope, HMS Hercules, HM Sultan and HMS Temeraire. |
| HMS PALLAS |
14TH MARCH 1865 |
SOLD FOR SCRAP IN 1886. |
| HMS
BELLEROPHON |
26TH MAY 1865 |
BECAME PORT GUARDSHIP IN 1892.
CONVERTED TO TRAINING SHIP IN 1904 AND RENAMED INDUS III. SOLD FOR
SCRAP IN 1922. |
| HMS MONARCH |
25TH MAY 1868 |
TOOK PART IN THE BOMBARDMENT OF
ALEXANDRIA BEFORE BECOMING A GUARDSHIP IN 1897. SHE WAS RENAMED
SIMOOM IN 1904 WHEN SHE BECAME A DEPOT SHIP. SOLD FOR SCRAP IN 1905. |
| HMS PENELOPE |
18TH JUNE 1868 |
PRESENT AT BOMBARDMENT OF
ALEXANDRIA. BECAME PRISON HULK IN 1897. SOLD FOR SCRAP IN 1912. |
| HMS HERCULES |
10TH FEBRUARY 1868 |
ACCOMMODATION SHIP IN 1905, RENAMED
CALCUTTA IN 1909, THEN FISGARD II IN 1915. SOLD FOR SCRAP IN 1932. |
| HMS CAPTAIN |
27TH MARCH 1869 |
CAPSIZED OFF CAPE FINISTERRE ON 7TH
SEPTEMBER 1870 ONLY FIVE MONTHS AFTER COMMISSIONING. ONLY 17 SURVIVORS. |
| HMS SULTAN |
31ST MAY 1870 |
BOMBARDED ALEXANDRIA. SANK ON 6TH
MARCH 1889 BUT WAS REPAIRED. RENAMED FISGARD IV IN 1906. 1931
REVERTED TO SULTAN. SOLD FOR SCRAP IN 1946. |
| HMS HOTSPUR |
19TH MARCH 1870 |
SOLD FOR SCRAPPING IN 1904. |
| HMS TEMERAIRE |
9TH MAY 1876 |
RENAMED INDUS II IN 1904, THEN TO
AKBAR IN 1915. SOLD FOR SCRAP IN 1921. |
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