The Royal Sovereign class was a group of eight pre-dreadnought battleships built for the Royal Navy in the 1890s. The ships spent their careers in the Mediterranean, Home and Channel Fleets, sometimes
The high-freeboard Royal Sovereign underway in a moderate sea
Right elevation, deck plan and hull section as depicted in Brassey's Naval Annual 1906
The low-freeboard Hood equipped with turrets
The barbette-equipped Empress of India
Centurion-class battleship
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The Centurion-class battleships were a pair of pre-dreadnought battleships built for the Royal Navy in the 1890s. They were rated as second-class battleships because they were less heavily armed and a
Royal Sovereign-class battleship
…2) J & G Thomson (1) Laird Brothers (1) Portsmouth Dockyard (1) Chatham Dockyard (1) Operators Royal Navy Preceded by Trafalgar class Succeeded by Centurion class Subclasses Hood Built 1889–1894 In commission 1892–1915 Completed 8 Retired 2 Scrapped 6 General characteristics Type Pre-dreadnought battleship…
Barfleur, 1895
Barfleur at anchor, after 1904
Drawing of Centurion at sea