HMS Captain

HMS Captain was a major warship built for the Royal Navy as a semi-private venture, following a dispute between the designer and the Admiralty. With wrought-iron armour, steam propulsion, and the main battery mounted in rotating armoured turrets, the ship was, at first appearance, quite innovative and formidable. However, poor design and design changes resulted in a vessel that was overweight and ultimately unstable. In terms of seaworthiness she was reported as closely comparable to the higher freeboard turret-ship HMS Monarch, but her reduced freeboard added a sense of "sluggishness". The Captain capsized in heavy seas, only five months after being commissioned, with the loss of nearly 500 lives.

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1869  Wikimedia, Wikidata
speed 15.25 knot, 
shipwreck, ironclad warship, Cammell Laird, Royal Navy, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, 

• Dreadnought Project page^@
• Drachinifel page^@ Finding the wreck of HMS Captain - On the front lines of Underwater Archaeology
• The Victorian Royal Navy page^@
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Location: 42.615, -9.39, KML, Cluster Map, Maps,
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1869 HMS Captain

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ship commissioning

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keel laying

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ship launching

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1747 Second Battle of Cape Finisterre

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HMS Captain 1869 in heavy seas

HMS Captain dock

The late Captain Hugh Burgoyne VC, commander of HMS Captain - ILN 1870

HMS Captain 1870 survivors in heavy seas

HMS Captain at Chatham 1869

HMS Captain 1869 on deck

HMS Captain 1869 in heavy seas

HMS captainWilliam Frederick Mitchell

HMS Captain dock

The sinking of HMS Captain

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
event	armed conflict	1747	Second Battle of Cape Finisterre	Kingdom of Great Britain, naval battle, France	Wikidata
link	page		Dreadnought Project page@		Wikidata
link	page		Drachinifel page@	Finding the wreck of HMS Captain - On the front lines of Underwater Archaeology	Wikidata
link	page		The Victorian Royal Navy page@		Wikidata
site	shipwreck	1869	HMS Captain	ironclad warship, shipwreck	Wikidata
commons	image		HMS Captain 1869 in heavy seas		Commons
commons	image		HMS Captain dock		Commons
commons	image		The late Captain Hugh Burgoyne VC, commander of HMS Captain - ILN 1870		Commons
commons	image		HMS Captain 1870 survivors in heavy seas		Commons
commons	image		HMS Captain at Chatham 1869		Commons
commons	image		HMS Captain 1869 on deck		Commons
commons	image		HMS Captain 1869 in heavy seas		Commons
commons	image		HMS captainWilliam Frederick Mitchell		Commons
commons	image		HMS Captain dock		Commons
commons	image		The sinking of HMS Captain		Commons