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    HMS Glatton was a breastwork monitor which served in the Victorian Royal Navy. She was designed by Sir Edward Reed to a specific formula determined by...
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  • Four ships of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS Glatton. The first HMS Glatton (1795) was a 56-gun fourth rate, originally an East Indiaman purchased...
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    HMS Glatton and her sister ship Gorgon were originally built as coastal defence ships for the Royal Norwegian Navy, as Bjørgvin and Nidaros respectively...
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    were mounted on : HMS Captain (1869) : 4 HMS Monarch (1868) : 4 HMS Hotspur (1870) : 2 HMS Glatton (1871) : 2 HMS Belleisle (1876) : 4 HMS Orion (1879) :...
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    of Cerberus, were ordered in 1870 for local defence of English ports. HMS Glatton was derived from the design of the first breastwork monitors, but sacrificed...
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    HMS Gorgon and her sister ship Glatton were two monitors originally built as coastal defence ships for the Royal Norwegian Navy, as HNoMS Nidaros and Bjørgvin...
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    25-ton gun was fired on the Glatton during a live trial in 1873. She remained in reserve until 1876. She served with HMS Rupert in the Sea of Marmara...
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  • British Royal Navy to build a counter. The following year they launched HMS Warrior, which was twice the size and had 4.5 inches of wrought iron armour...
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    service with the Royal Navy during World War I. Gorgon and her sister ship Glatton were originally built as coastal defence ships for the Royal Norwegian...
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    but did not penetrate. A second test involved HMS Hotspur firing three shots at the turret of HMS Glatton from a 25-ton gun at a range of 200 yards. The...
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    Mediterranean for the next nine years. He joined HMS Pylades in July 1807 and the 54-gun HMS Glatton in December 1808, both under the commanded of Captain...
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    to the Aetna-class ironclad floating battery Glatton under the command of Captain Arthur Cumming. Glatton arrived in the Black Sea too late to see action...
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    Mornington became HMS Drake. Other examples include: HMS Calcutta HMS Glatton HMS Hindostan (1795) HMS Hindostan (1804) HMS Malabar HMS Buffalo Their design...
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    I while under construction, completed and served as the monitors HMS Glatton and HMS Gorgon HNoMS Bjørgvin HNoMS Nidaros Uragan class (1865) Novgorod...
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    the Italian war in the Adriatic in 1859. The British floating batteries Glatton and Meteor arrived too late to participate to the action at Kinburn. The...
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  • Assuming the population of England as 21,361,235 (1871 census) and of Scotland as 3,360,018 (1871 census). Estimate of mortality in Britain. While the...
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    (Victoria) Magdala (1870) (India) Abyssinia (1870) (India) – turret-ship Glatton (1871) – turret-ship Hotspur (1870) – turret-ship Rupert (1872) – turret-ship...
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  • Pobedonosets 1892-03-09 Ekaterina II class Barbette ship  Imperial Russian Navy Glatton 1871-03-08 Breastwork monitor  Royal Navy Gloire 1859-11-24 Gloire class Broadside...
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  • Thames May (unknown date): HMS Rattlesnake 1 Sep: Sincapore 17 Sep: Kennersley Castle October (unknown date): HMS Glatton 5 Dec: HMS Thetis December (unknown...
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  • The list of ship launches in 1871 includes a chronological list of some ships launched in 1871. "Naval and Military News". Hampshire/Portsmouth Telegraph...
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    John Bowen, a 23-year-old lieutenant, had arrived in Sydney aboard HMS Glatton, on 11 March 1803. King considered him the right man for the task, and...
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    mediator for emerging new nations from World War I. Royal Navy monitor ship HMS Glatton caught fire while anchored at Dover, killing 79 of the 305 crew. German...
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