HMS Invincible (1869)

HMS Invincible was a Royal Navy Audacious-class ironclad battleship. She was built at the Napier shipyard and completed in 1870. Completed just 10 years after HMS Warrior, she still carried sails as well as a steam engine.

For other ships with the same name, see HMS Invincible.

HMS Invincible off Plymouth, 1870
History
United Kingdom
NameInvincible
BuilderRobert Napier and Sons
Laid down28 June 1867
Launched29 May 1869
Commissioned1 October 1870
RenamedHMS Erebus, 1904; Fisgard II, 1906
Reclassified
  • Depot ship in 1901
  • Training ship in 1906
FateSank, 17 September 1914
General characteristics
Class and typeAudacious-class ironclad battleship
Displacement6,106 long tons (6,204 t)
Length280 ft (85 m)
Beam54 ft (16 m)
Draught22 ft 7 in (6.88 m)
Installed power
Propulsion1 × coal-fired reciprocating steam engine
SpeedSteam: 13.5 knots (25.0 km/h; 15.5 mph) Sail: 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph)
Complement450
Armament
Armour
  • Belt: 8 in (20 cm) (amidships); 6 in (15 cm) (ends)
  • Central battery: 6–8 in (15–20 cm)
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