HMS Belleisle (1876)
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For other ships with the same name, see HMS Belleisle.
HMS Belleisle was one of the four ships that were under construction for foreign navies in British shipyards which were purchased by the British government for the Royal Navy in 1878, at the time of the Russian war scare.
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Name | HMS Belleisle |
Builder | Samuda Brothers, Cubitt Town, London |
Laid down | 1874 |
Launched | 12 February 1876 |
Completed | 19 July 1878 |
Fate | Broken up 1904 |
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Class and type | Belleisle-class ironclad |
Displacement | 4,870 tons |
Length | 245 ft (75 m) p/p |
Beam | 52 ft (16 m) |
Draught | 21 ft (6.4 m) |
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Sail plan | Square rig on foremast, gaff on mizzen |
Speed | 12.1 kn (22.4 km/h) |
Complement | 249 |
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She was one of the two ironclads of the Belleisle class, the other being HMS Orion. She was built in the Samuda Brothers shipyard at Cubitt Town, London, for service with the Ottoman Navy, under the name of Peik-i-Sheref, and was taken over for the Royal Navy in a completed condition. She was, however, not regarded as fit to serve as a British warship until a number of extensive and expensive modifications were carried out.