HMS Iron Duke
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HMS Iron Duke was the last of four Audacious-class central battery ironclads built for the Royal Navy in the late 1860s. Completed in 1871, the ship was briefly assigned to the Reserve Fleet as a guardship in Ireland, before she was sent out to the China Station as its flagship. Iron Duke returned four years later and resumed her duties as a guardship. She accidentally rammed and sank her sister ship, Vanguard, in a heavy fog in mid-1875 and returned to the Far East in 1878. The ship ran aground twice during this deployment and returned home in 1883. After a lengthy refit, Iron Duke was assigned to the Channel Fleet in 1885 and remained there until she again became a guardship in 1890. The ship was converted into a coal hulk a decade later and continued in that role until 1906 when she was sold for scrap and broken up.
1870
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10 RML 9 inch 12 ton gun,
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Passed Out, ships of the Channel Squadron - The Graphic 1890
Admiral Baird's Squadron in order of battle off the mouth of The Thames Naval Manoeuvres - ILN 1888
Sinking of HMS Vanguard, from a sketch by one of the officers - ILN 1875
Admiral Baird's fleet returning to Queenstown - 1889
The Gun-Boat Rattlesnake coming to Admiral Baird's fleet with news of the enemy - ILN 1889
HMS Iron Duke (1870) 9-inch gun
The loss of the Vanguard
Roeiboten varen van en naar de boten van keizer Wilhelm II, gelegen in een baai Englisches Geschwader im Hafen von Bergen (titel op object), RP-F-00-5357-32| Type | Subtype | Date | Description | Notes | Source |
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| link | page | Dreadnought Project page@ | Wikidata | ||
| link | page | The Victorian Royal Navy page@ | Wikidata | ||
| commons | image | Passed Out, ships of the Channel Squadron - The Graphic 1890 | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Admiral Baird's Squadron in order of battle off the mouth of The Thames Naval Manoeuvres - ILN 1888 | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Sinking of HMS Vanguard, from a sketch by one of the officers - ILN 1875 | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Admiral Baird's fleet returning to Queenstown - 1889 | Commons | ||
| commons | image | The Gun-Boat Rattlesnake coming to Admiral Baird's fleet with news of the enemy - ILN 1889 | Commons | ||
| commons | image | HMS Iron Duke (1870) 9-inch gun | Commons | ||
| commons | image | The loss of the Vanguard | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Roeiboten varen van en naar de boten van keizer Wilhelm II, gelegen in een baai Englisches Geschwader im Hafen von Bergen (titel op object), RP-F-00-5357-32 | Commons | ||
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