HMS CONQUEST
by Kevin Patience

Builders Elder, Glasgow, Scotland 1876
Length 225 feet
Beam  44 feet
Displacement  2,380 tons
Machinery  One horizontal compound steam engine. 2,670 hp
Speed      13 knots
Armament 2 x 7 inch muzzle loading guns
12 x 64 pounder muzzle loading guns
Complement 265
Disposal  Sold for scrap 1899
   

 

Crew  Casualties

James Babbage
(fell from mast)
Able Seaman 15th September 1890

 

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