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HMS Victoria, part of the Victoria
Class turret ship of the Royal Navy. Antique chromolithograph from Her
Majesty's Navy published by J S Virtue & Co. The Victoria was built at Elswick and
engined by Humphrys and launched in 1887 and completed sea trials in 1889.
On completion HMS Victoria became the flagship in the Mediterranean of
Admiral Sir George Tryon. In course of evolutions off the coast of Syria
on June 22nd 1893, she was rammed and sunk by HMS Camperdown, the ship
gradually turned over and suddenly turned turtle and capsized. The
disaster which cost the lives of Admiral Sir George Tryon and 321 officers
and men. Only one other sister ship HMS Sans Pareil built by Blackwall
(Thames Ironworks) launched 9th June 1887. |
