Английская Википедия:HMS Gorgon (1871)

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HMS Gorgon was the first ship commissioned 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] Gorgon had two 4-cylinder horizontal direct-acting steam engine, 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. They 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 and career

Файл:The Naval Review at Spithead, Royal Flotilla - The Graphic 1878.jpg
Gorgon featured at the Naval Review at Spithead in 1878. The Graphic

Together with her sister ships, the Шаблон:HMS and the Шаблон:HMS, she was placed on the non-effective list of ships in January 1902.[7] She was sold for scrap the following year.

Notes

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References

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  1. 1,0 1,1 Parkes, p. 212
  2. Parkes, p. 213
  3. Ballard, pp. 246–49
  4. Silverstone, p. 169
  5. Gardiner, p. 6
  6. Parkes, pp. 213–14
  7. Шаблон:Cite newspaper The Times