HMS Iron Duke

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.

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10 RML 9 inch 12 ton gun, 
Audacious-class ironclad, ironclad warship, full-rigged ship, Pembroke Dockyard, Royal Navy, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, 

• Dreadnought Project page^@
• The Victorian Royal Navy page^@
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ship launching

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ship decommissioning

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ship commissioning

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keel laying

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ship completed

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Frameless

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
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