Trafalgar-class ironclad

	HMS Trafalgar
Class overview
Operators	Royal Navy
Preceded by	Victoria class
Succeeded by	Royal Sovereign class
In commission	1890–1911
Completed	2
Retired	2
General characteristics
Type	Ironclad battleship
Displacement	11,940 tons (designed); 12,590 tons (actual);
Length	345 ft (105 m)
Beam	73 ft (22 m)
Draught	27 ft 6 in (8.38 m)
Propulsion	2 × coal-fired 3-cylinder steam engines, 6 cylindrical boilers, twin screws
Speed	16.7 knots (30.9 km/h; 19.2 mph)
Complement	577
Armament	4 × BL 13.5-inch (342.9 mm) guns; 6 × 4.7 inch (120 mm) QF guns; 8 × 6-pounder guns; 9 × 3-pounder QF guns; 5 × torpedo tubes;
Armour	Belt: 20 in (508 mm) amidships, 14 in (356 mm) at ends; Forward Bulkheads: 16 in (406 mm); After bulkhead: 14 in (356 mm); Citadel: 16–18 in (406–457 mm); Turrets: 18 in (457 mm); Conning Tower: 14 in (356 mm); Battery bulkheads: 4–5 in (102–127 mm); Deck: 3 in (76 mm);

The two Trafalgar-class battleships of the British Royal Navy were late-nineteenth-century ironclad warships. Both were named after naval battles won by the British during the Napoleonic Wars under the command of Admiral Nelson. The two ships were named HMS Nile and HMS Trafalgar.

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