HMS Camperdown (1885)

On 22 June 1893, she collided with and sank the battleship HMS Victoria with 358 deaths, including Vice-Admiral Sir George Tryon.

[2][3] On 21 April 1897, she anchored off Canea (now Chania) – where Ottoman troops, Cretan Turk civilians, and a force of British and Italian soldiers were besieged by an estimated 60,000 insurgents – to deter insurgents who had begun a demonstration with two artillery pieces that threatened the town.

[4] After the local Ottoman governor refused to meet various British demands during a meeting aboard the British flagship, the battleship HMS Revenge, in Candia′s harbor on 13 September, Camperdown and Revenge conducted a demonstration that overcame his reluctance.

[7] She took part in the fleet review held at Spithead on 16 August 1902 for the coronation of King Edward VII.

[10] After paying off in 1903, she was in reserve at Chatham until 1908, and was employed at Harwich as a berthing ship for submarines until she was sold in 1911.

Gun drill aboard Camperdown with the QF 6-pounder Nordenfelt guns
Camperdown ' s damaged bow after her 22 June 1893 collision with battleship Victoria .
Sketch by Melton Prior of Camperdown firing her 13.5-inch (343 mm) guns at Cretan insurgents attacking Izzeddin Fortress on Crete on 26–27 March 1897 as seen from HMS Revenge .