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H.M.S. ANTRIM (LOC)

HMS Powerful

  • beachcomber australia said:
    " ... A Sydney Morning Herald journalist, Charles Bean joined the ship in August 1908 as special correspondent to report the visit of sixteen American warships — the Great White Fleet. At the time Powerful was flagship of the Royal Navy squadron on the Australian Station. Bean wrote a book, With the Flagship in the South (London, 1909), based on his reports, with photographs, drawings and a water-colour frontispiece by the author, and had it published at his own expense. ... " From - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Powerful_(1895)
  • beachcomber australia said:
    Charles Bean's book 'With the Flagship' is available to read online - archive.org/details/withflagshipinso00beaniala

HMS LEVIATHAN: 14,100 Tons, IHP 30,000 (LOC)

  • aware health said:
    Typo -- caption says "I H P", not "1". IHP I think stands for "indicated horsepower."
  • Kilted Cowboy said:
    HMS Leviathan was a 14,100-ton Drake-class armoured cruiser of the Royal Navy, and the third ship to bear the name. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Leviathan_(1901) [http://www.flickr.com/photos/91829349@N00] correct: Indicated Horsepower refers to the power exerted in the cylinder of an engine, stated in horse powers, estimated from the diameter and speed of the piston, and the mean effective pressure upon it as shown by an indicator. the actual power output may only be 70% to 90% of the indicated horsepower For this ship it translated to 2 screws, speed 23 kn (26 mph; 43 km/h)