Name | Vanguard (1870) | Explanation | |
Type | Central battery ironclad | ||
Launched | 3 January 1870 | ||
Hull | Iron | ||
Propulsion | Screw | ||
Builders measure | 3774 tons | ||
Displacement | 6010 tons | ||
Guns | 14 | ||
Fate | 1875 | ||
Class | Audacious | ||
Ships book | ADM 135/488 | ||
Note | 1875.09.01 sunk in collision with Iron Duke off Wicklow, Ireland | ||
Snippets concerning this vessels career | |||
Date | Event | ||
1 October 1870 | Commanded by Captain Edward Henry Gage Lambert, Coast Guard, Kingstown | ||
6 July 1871 - 21 October 1873 | Commanded by Captain David Spain, ship of First Reserve, Kingstown, Ireland | ||
22 October 1873 - 27 August 1875 | Commanded by Captain Richard Dawkins, Coast Guard, Kingstown (until sunk after a collision with Iron Duke, off Wicklow head) |