HMS Triumph (1870)
HMS Triumph dressed, most likely on the occasion of the official opening of the Canadian Pacific Railway in Vancouver harbour in 1887 | |
| History | |
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| United Kingdom | |
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| Builder | Palmers Shipbuilding and Iron Company, Jarrow |
| Laid down | 31 August 1868 |
| Launched | 27 September 1870 |
| Completed | 8 April 1873 |
| Fate | Sold for scrapping, November 1921 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Swiftsure class battleship |
| Displacement | 6,640 long tons (6,750 t) |
| Length | 280 ft (85 m) |
| Beam | 55 ft (17 m) |
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| Propulsion | One-shaft Maudslay, 4,890 ihp |
| Sail plan | Ship-rigged, sail area 41,900 sq ft (3,890 m2) |
| Speed | 14.07 knots (16.19 mph; 26.06 km/h) |
| Complement | 450 |
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HMS Triumph was a broadside ironclad battleship of the Victorian era, the sister-ship of HMS Swiftsure. These two ships comprise the Swiftsure class of 1870.
The two sister-ships, which were built side by side by Palmers, were designed and built specifically to serve as flagships on distant stations, primarily with the Pacific squadron. They were powered by a Maudslay horizontal twin-cylinder return connecting-rod engine, and were the last British battleships to be fitted with a hoisting screw.