Canopus-class battleship

HMS Glory
Class overview
Name:	Canopus-class battleship
Operators:	Royal Navy
Preceded by:	Majestic class
Succeeded by:	Formidable class
Built:	1896–1902
In commission:	1899–1919
Completed:	6
Lost:	2
Retired:	4
General characteristics
Type:	Pre-dreadnought battleship
Displacement:	13,150 long tons (13,360 t; 14,730 short tons)
Length:	430 ft (130 m)
Beam:	74 ft (23 m)
Draught:	26 ft (7.9 m)
Installed power:	15,400 ihp (11,500 kW)
Propulsion:	2 shafts, water-tube boilers vertical triple expansion steam engines
Speed:	18.0 knots (33.3 km/h; 20.7 mph)
Endurance:	4,500 mi (7,200 km) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph)
Complement:	750
Armament:	Primary armament 4 × BL 12-inch (305 mm) Mk VIII guns 12 × 6-inch (152.4 mm) QF guns Secondary armament 10 × 12-pounder 12-cwt QF guns 6 × Hotchkiss 3-pounder QF guns 4 × 18 inch (450 mm) torpedo tubes (submerged)
Armour:	Belt: 6 inches (152 mm) Bulkheads: 6–10 inches (152–254 mm) Barbettes: 12 inches (305 mm) Gunhouses: 8 inches (203 mm) Casemates: 6 inches (152 mm) Conning tower: 12 inches (305 mm) Decks: 1–2 inches (25.4–51 mm)

The Canopus class was a group of six pre-dreadnought battleships of the Royal Navy which were designed by Sir William White for use in the Far East and entered service between 1899 and 1902. The lead ship was HMS Albion, which was followed by Canopus, Glory, Goliath, Ocean and Vengeance. The class had primary armament consisting of four 12 inch (305 mm) 35 calibre long guns and twelve 6-inch (152 mm) 40 calibre long guns.

The introduction of HMS Dreadnought in 1906 rendered the class, and all other pre-dreadnought battleships, obsolete only a few years after the last-of-class entered service in 1902. The class saw service across the globe: in home waters, on the China Station, in the Mediterranean Fleet, in the Atlantic, in Africa, at Archangel, and in the Mediterranean where HMS Goliath and HMS Ocean were sunk during the Dardanelles campaign. The four surviving ships were reduced to subsidiary duties late in World War I and were scrapped in the early 1920s.

The Canopus-class battleships were designed for use in the Far East to counter the expanding Japanese navy and were required to be able to pass through the Suez Canal. They were designed to be smaller, lighter and faster than their predecessors, the Majestic-class battleships, although at 421.5 ft (128.5 m) they were slightly longer.

...
Wikipedia