The Victoria and Camperdown disaster01 Marine Painting, With Footnotes, #275

Lukasz Kasperczyk
HMS Victoria sinking after collision with HMS Camperdown, c. 1893

HMS Victoria was the lead ship in her class of two battleships of the Royal Navy. On 22 June 1893, she collided with HMS Camperdown near Tripoli, Lebanon, during manoeuvres and quickly sank, killing 358 crew members, including the commander of the British Mediterranean Fleet, Vice-Admiral Sir George Tryon. One of the survivors was executive officer John Jellicoe, later commander-in-chief of the British Grand Fleet at the Battle of Jutland. More on The Victoria and camperdown disaster

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