HMS Caesar (1896)

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Ordered:
Laid down: 1895
Launched: 1896
Commissioned: December 1897
Fate: Sold for scrapping, 1920; Scrapped, 1921
Struck:
General Characteristics
Displacement: 14900 tons std, 16000 tons max
Length: 421'
Beam: 75'
Draught: 27' 6"
Propulsion:
  • Engines - Water tube boilers, 2 × vertical triple expansion
  • Power output - 12000ihp
  • Shafts - 2
Speed: 17.5kts
Fuel 2000 tons coal
Range:
Complement: (Officers and Ratings) = 670
Armament:
  • Main guns - 4 × 12" (2 × 2)
  • Secondary guns - 12 × 6" (12 × 1)
  • Torpedo tubes - 5 × 18" 4 submerged, 1 above water
  • Other weapons - 16 × 3" (16 × 1), 12 × 3pdr (12 × 1)
  • Countermeasures - None
Armour
  • Belt: 9" Harvey armour
  • Deck: 2.5" - 3"
  • Barbettes: 10"
  • Turrets: 6"
Motto:

HMS Caesar was a Majestic-class pre-dreadnought battleship of the Royal Navy, named after the Roman military and political leader Julius Caesar. It was laid down in 1895.

Builders: HM Dockyard, Portsmouth, United Kingdom


Majestic-class battleship

Caesar | Hannibal | Illustrious | Jupiter | Magnificent | Majestic | Mars | Prince George | Victorious

List of battleships of the Royal Navy
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