2 x 16.25 in (413 mm) 110 ton Armstrong guns in a single turret, 1 x 10 in (254 mm) 29 ton gun, 12 x 6 in (152 mm) guns, 12 x 6 pounder (2.7 kg) guns, 6 x 14 in (356 mm) torpedo tubes
Armour:
18 in (457 mm) belt
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Her sister, HMS Victoria was sunk in an accidental collision in the Mediterranean with the loss of half of her crew. Several vessels of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS Victoria in honour of Queen Victoria: Victoria, was a wooden paddle sloop launched in India in 1839 and sold in about 1864. ...
The BattleshipHMS Victoria, had been launched in 1887, originally to be named Renown, but because she was ready to launch in Queen Victoria's Jubilee Year, she took the name of her Sovereign.
On the other hand, HMS Victoria was unusual, she had fitted a single turret forward with two huge Armstrong 16.25 inch guns, they weighed in at 110 tons each, and fired an amazing 1,600 pound shell.
HMS Victoria wearing the flag of Vice Admiral Sir George Tyron led one division, and HMS Camperdown with Rear Admiral Markham, as second in command, led the second division.
On 22 June 1893 she collided with HMS Camperdown near Tripoli, Lebanon during manoeuvres and quickly sank taking 358 crew with her, including the commander of the British Mediterranean Fleet, Vice-Admiral Sir George Tryon.
A court-martial of the captain of Victoria, Maurice Bourke, was held on HMS Hibernia at Malta.
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