H.M.S. Goliath
1900
(Navis 113NS)
- Class: Canpus - 6 first class battleships of 1896-1898
- Displacement: 13,150 tons load, 14,300 tons deep
- Dimensions: 421 (oa) x 74 x 26 ft
- Machinery: 2-shaft, 3 cylinder triple expansion, 13,500ihp = 18 knots
- Armor: Belt 6in, bulkheads 10in-6in, barbettes 12in, gun houses 8in, casemates 6in, CT 12in, decks 2in-1in
- Armament: 4-12in Mk VIII (2x2), 12-6in 40cal Mk II, 10-12pdr QF, 6-3pdr QF guns; 4-18in TT (sub)
- Complement: 682
- Builder: Chatham Dockyard, England
- Laid Down: 4 Jan 1897
- Launched: 23 Mar 1898
- Completed: 27 Mar 1900
- Notes: Smaller and faster version of the Majestic class, designed primarily for the China station. Weight was saved primarily by reduction of armor thickness, but Krupp steel replaced Harvey nickel steel, which compensated somewhat. First British battleships fitted with water-tube boilers, working at 300psi; the boiler arrangement led to the fore-and-aft funnels rather than the side-by-side of previous classes.
- Service:
1900-1903 China Station. Oct 1903-May 1905 in Reserve at Chatham. 1905 to Aug 1914 in various assignments with Mediterranean and Channel, later Home Fleets. Transferred to East Indies Station and participated in blockade of German cruiser Königsberg in Rufiji river in German East Africa from Oct 1914 to March 1915. Left for the Dardanelles 1 Apr 1915, supporting landings on 25 Apr and suffering some damage in action with batteries on 2 May. On night of 13 May 1915 she was torpedoed and sunk by the German-manned Turkish torpedo boat Muvenet-i-Milet while anchored off Morto Bay. Struck by three torpedoes, she rapidly capsized taking 570 men down with her.
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