Name | Orontes (launched as Swiftsure, 1870) | Explanation | |
Type | Central battery ironclad | ||
Launched | 15 June 1870 | ||
Hull | Iron | ||
Propulsion | Screw | ||
Builders measure | 3893 tons | ||
Displacement | 6910 tons | ||
Guns | 14 | ||
Fate | 1908 | ||
Class | Swiftsure | ||
Ships book | ADM 135/463 | ||
Note | 1901 hulk. 1904 = Orontes | ||
Snippets concerning this vessels career | |||
Date | Event | ||
26 September 1872 - 24 June 1874 | Commanded by Captain the Hon. William John Ward, home waters | ||
27 June 1874 - 28 November 1877 | Commanded by Captain John Kennedy Erskine Baird, Mediterranean | ||
6 December 1877 - 4 October 1878 | Commanded (until paying off at Plymouth) by Captain Nowell Salmon, Mediterranean | ||
1904 | Renamed Orontes |
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