HMS Invincible (1869)

	HMS Invincible off Plymouth, 1870
History
United Kingdom
Name	Invincible
Builder	Robert Napier and Sons
Laid down	28 June 1867
Launched	29 May 1869
Commissioned	1 October 1870
Renamed	HMS Erebus, 1904; Fisgard II, 1906
Reclassified	Depot ship in 1901; Training ship in 1906;
Fate	Sank, 17 September 1914
General characteristics
Class & type	Audacious-class ironclad battleship
Displacement	6,106 long tons (6,204 t)
Length	280 ft (85 m)
Beam	54 ft (16 m)
Draught	22 ft 7 in (6.88 m)
Installed power	4,021 ihp (2,998 kW); 6 × boilers;
Propulsion	1 × coal-fired reciprocating steam engine
Speed	Steam: 13.5 knots (25.0 km/h; 15.5 mph) Sail: 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph)
Complement	450
Armament	10 × RML 9 in (230 mm) guns; 4 × 64 pdr (29 kg) guns;
Armour	Belt: 8 in (20 cm) (amidships); 6 in (15 cm) (ends); Central battery: 6–8 in (15–20 cm);

HMS Invincible was a Royal Navy Audacious-class ironclad battleship. She was built at the Napier shipyard and completed in 1870. Completed just 10 years after HMS Warrior, she still carried sails as well as a steam engine.

History
HMS Invincible off Plymouth, 1870
United Kingdom
Name	Invincible
Builder	Robert Napier and Sons
Laid down	28 June 1867
Launched	29 May 1869
Commissioned	1 October 1870
Renamed	HMS Erebus, 1904; Fisgard II, 1906
Reclassified	Depot ship in 1901 Training ship in 1906
Fate	Sank, 17 September 1914
General characteristics
Class & type	Audacious-class ironclad battleship
Displacement	6,106 long tons (6,204 t)
Length	280 ft (85 m)
Beam	54 ft (16 m)
Draught	22 ft 7 in (6.88 m)
Installed power	4,021 ihp (2,998 kW) 6 × boilers
Propulsion	1 × coal-fired reciprocating steam engine
Speed	Steam: 13.5 knots (25.0 km/h; 15.5 mph) Sail: 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph)
Complement	450
Armament	10 × RML 9 in (230 mm) guns 4 × 64 pdr (29 kg) guns
Armour	Belt: 8 in (20 cm) (amidships); 6 in (15 cm) (ends) Central battery: 6–8 in (15–20 cm)