H.M.S. Hannibal (1896)
From The Dreadnought Project
| H.M.S. Hannibal | |
| Career | Details |
|---|---|
| Pendant Number: | N.54 (April, 1918) |
| Builder: | Pembroke Royal Dockyard |
| Ordered: | 1893 |
| Laid down: | 1 May, 1894 |
| Launched: | 28 April, 1896 |
| Commissioned: | 10 May, 1898 |
| Sold: | 28 January, 1920 |
| Fate: | Scrapped in Italy |
| General Characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 14,560 - 14,890 tons (normal) 15,730 - 16,060 tons (fully loaded) |
| Length: | 390 feet |
| Beam: | 75 feet |
| Draught: | 26 feet 4 inches - 27 feet 6 inches |
| Propulsion: | 2 Shaft Triple Expansion, 4,000 shp. 4 Yarrow boilers |
| Speed: | 16.1 knots |
| Range: | 4,700 miles at 10 knots |
| Complement: | 673 |
| Armament: |
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Hannibal commissioned at Portsmouth on 10 May, 1898, Captain Sir Baldwin Wake Walker in command.[1]
Commanding Officers
Dates of appointment given:
- Captain John F. Grant-Dalton, 28 July, 1914.[2]
Footnotes
- ↑ "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Wednesday, 11 May, 1898. Issue 35513, col E, pg. 9.
- ↑ Navy List (December, 1914). p. 327.
Bibliography
- Dittmar, F.J.; Colledge, J.J. (1972). British Warships 1914–1919. London: Ian Allan.
- Parkes, O.B.E., Ass.I.N.A., Dr. Oscar (1990). British Battleships 1860–1950. London: Pen & Sword Ltd. ISBN 0850526043. (on Bookfinder.com).
- Preston, Antony (1972). Battleships of World War I. New York, NY: Galahad Books. ISBN 0883653001.
