HMS Minotaur (1863)
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HMS Minotaur was the lead ship of the Minotaur-class armoured frigates built for the Royal Navy during the 1860s. Minotaur took nearly four years between her launching and commissioning because she wa
Minotaur at anchor
Minotaur's deck in the late 1860s. A 7-inch muzzle-loading rifle on a wrought iron pivot gun carriage is at lower left.
A stern view of Minotaur; note the two prominent 4.7-inch guns on the poop deck
HMS Monarch (1868)
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HMS Monarch was the first seagoing British warship to carry her guns in turrets, and the first British warship to carry guns of 12-inch calibre.
HMS Minotaur (1863)
…on active service off Egypt, sometimes shelling shore positions, until October 1882 when she sailed for Malta. On 24 December 1886, she collided with HMS Monarch in the Tagus, severely damaging HMS Monarch. On 28 February 1887, she rescued the passengers and crew of the British steamship Valparaiso, which was…
Painting of HMS Monarch by William Frederick Mitchell
Diagrams showing location of gun turrets and armour protection, as depicted in Brassey's Naval Annual 1888
Monarch after her 1872 conversion to barque rig.
The dispersal of the International Fleet on 5 December 1880 convened for enforcing the Treaty of Berlin. The Graphic 1880