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Edinburgh, 1882
Type: Battle Ship, 1st Class, Armoured ; Armament 23
Launched : 18 Mar 1882 ;
Disposal date or year : 11 Oct 1910
BM: 5500 tons ; Displacement: 9420 tons
Propulsion: Twin Screw Complement: 396
Machinery notes: 7500 ; Speed ; 15.5 knots ;
Notes:
The first battleship to carry breech loading guns and was heavily armoured.
1886 making the ship look pretty.
27 Aug 1887 Commissioned at Portsmouth.
1890 Mediterranean.
26 Jun 1897 Present at the Naval Review at Spithead in celebration of the Diamond Jubilee.
27 Jun 1900 Sheerness and Chatham. Orders received for vessels to be specially commissioned for a naval mobilization to take place on Tuesday, July 10th - see Colossus for details.