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HMS Royal Oak Laid Down : 29th May 1890 Launched : 5th November 1892 Completed : 14th January 1896 Type : Battleship Class : Royal Sovereign Builder : Laird Country : UK Pennants : Fate : Sold 14th January 1914. |
| HMS Royal Oak. Pre Dreadnaught Battleship of the Royal Navy, built by Laird at Birkenhead, HMS Royal Oak was launched on the 5th November 1892 and commissioned at Portsmouth in January 1896. HMS Royal Oak was the only ship of the class (the others being HMS Royal Sovereign, Empress of India, Repulse, Ramillies, Resolution and Revenge) not to have been fitted with steam pipes abaft the Funnels, this made her easily distinguished from the sister ships. In her final years she served in home waters finally being scrapped 14th January 1914. Displacement: 14,150 tons. Horse power: 13,000. Length: 380 ft. Beam: 75ft. Draught: 27' 6". Armament: four 67 ton in two armoured barbettes. Partial belt of 18 inch thick armour. Speed 18.2 knots. |
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  HMS Royal Oak of the Special Flying Squadron - 1896 |   HMS Royal Oak, 1894. |   HMS Royal Oak, 1894. |   HMS Royal Oak |   HMS Royal Oak |
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 HMS Royal Sovereign, with HMS Royal Oak, laid up c.1910. | |
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