Conqueror-class ironclad

	HMS Conqueror circa. 1886
Class overview
Builders	Chatham Dockyard
Built	1879–1886
In commission	1887–1908
Completed	2
General characteristics
Displacement	Conqueror: 6,200 tons; Hero: 6,440 tons;
Length	270 ft (82.3 m) p/p; 288 ft (87.8 m) o/a;
Beam	58 ft (18 m)
Draught	23 ft 6 in (7.16 m)
Installed power	4,500 ihp (3,400 kW)
Propulsion	2-shaft inverted compound engines
Speed	14 knots (26 km/h)
Complement	330 men
Armament	Armoured ram; 2 BL 12-inch (304.8 mm) guns; 4 × 6-inch (152.4 mm) Mk II breech-loading guns; 7 × 6-pounder (57 mm) quick fire guns; 5 × 3-pounder (47 mm) quick fire guns; 6 × 14 in torpedo tubes;
Armour	Belt: 12 inches tapering to 8 inches; Citadel: 12 inches to 10.5 inches; Turret: 14 inches face, 12 inches sides; Conning tower: 12 inches to 6 inches; Bulkhead: 11 inches; Deck: 2.5 inches to 1.25 inches (32 mm);

The Conqueror class battleships were ironclad warships which served in the Victorian Royal Navy, and whose main weapon was designed to be the ram.

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