HMS Caesar (1896)
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| Builder: | HM Dockyard, Portsmouth, United Kingdom |
| Laid down: | 1895 |
| Launched: | 1896 |
| Commissioned: | December 1897 |
| Status: | Sold for scrapping, 1920; Scrapped, 1921 |
| General Characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 14900 tons normal, 16000 tons full load |
| Length: | 421 ft |
| Beam: | 75 ft |
| Draught: | 27 ft 6 in |
| Propulsion: | Water tube boilers, 2 × vertical triple expansion engines, 2 shafts, 12,000 ihp |
| Speed: | 17.5 kt |
| Capacity: | 2000 tons coal |
| Complement: | (Officers and Ratings) = 670 |
| Armament: | Main guns - 4 × 12" (2 × 2) Secondary guns - 12 × 6" (12 × 1) |
| Armour: | Belt: 9" Harvey armour Deck: 2.5" - 3" |
HMS Caesar was a Majestic-class pre-dreadnought battleship of the Royal Navy, named after the Roman military and political leader Julius Caesar. She was commissioned in December 1897.
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Caesar | Hannibal | Illustrious | Jupiter | Magnificent | Majestic | Mars | Prince George | Victorious |
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