Английская Википедия:HMS Hecate (1871)
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Шаблон:Infobox ship imageШаблон:Infobox ship careerШаблон:Infobox ship characteristicsHMS Hecate was the last ship completed of the four Шаблон:Sclass breastwork monitors built for the Royal Navy during the 1870s.
Design and description
The Cyclops-class ships were modified versions of the Cerberus class.[1] The ships had a length between perpendiculars of Шаблон:Convert, a beam of Шаблон:Convert, and a draught of Шаблон:Convert at deep load. They displaced Шаблон:Convert. Their crew consisted of 156 officers and men.[2] Hydra had two 4-cylinder inverted compound steam engines, each driving a single propeller shaft. The engines produced a total of Шаблон:Convert during the ship's sea trials which gave her a maximum speed of Шаблон:Convert. The ships carried Шаблон:Convert of coal,[3] enough to steam Шаблон:Convert at Шаблон:Convert.[4]
The ships mounted four 10-inch rifled muzzle-loading guns in twin-gun turrets fore and aft of the superstructure. The guns could fire both solid shot and explosive shells.[5] They were mounted on carriages that used hydraulic jacks to elevate and depress the guns.[1]
The Cyclops class had a complete waterline belt of wrought iron that was Шаблон:Convert thick amidships and thinned to Шаблон:Convert at the ends. The superstructure and conning tower was fully armoured, the reason it was called a breastwork, with Шаблон:Convert of wrought iron. The gun turrets had 10 inches on their faces and 9 inches on the sides and rear. All of the vertical armour was backed by Шаблон:Convert of teak. The decks were Шаблон:Convert thick.[6]
Construction
Together with her sister ships, Шаблон:HMS and Шаблон:HMS, she was placed on the non-effective list of ships in January 1902,[7] and sold for scrap the following year.
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