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HMS Captain (1870) BB (6th) |
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the sixth ship to carry the name HMS Captain was an Iron, screw,
turret, battleship. Built by Laird, laid down Jan-1867, launched 27-Mar-1869 and completed in Jan-1870. She spent the spring and summer of that year in home waters, when she carried out a number of trials. In August she left for Gibraltar. On 6-Sept she encountered a strong gale during which, even under reefed sails, she was forced over so much that she capsized, with the only 18 of her crew surviving.
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