page_title: HMS Sultan (1870)
section_title: Post-modernisation
hierarchical_section_title: HMS Sultan (1870) / Service history / Post-modernisation
caption_attribution_description: English: British central battery ironclad HMS Sultan sometime after her 1893-1896 reconstruction
context_page_description: HMS Sultan was a broadside ironclad of the Royal Navy of the Victorian era, who carried her main armament in a central box battery. She was named for Sultan Abdülâziz of the Ottoman Empire, who was visiting England when she was laid down. Abdülâziz cultivated good relations with the Second French Empire and the British. In 1867 he was the first Ottoman sultan to visit Western Europe; his trip included a visit to England, where he was made a Knight of the Garter by Queen Victoria and shown a Royal Navy Fleet Review, with Isma'il Pasha of Egypt.
context_section_description: She then served in the reserve. She commissioned for sea-service twice whilst in reserve:
  For the 1896 annual manoeuvres, from 8 July to 25 August 1896, when she served as one of the battleships of the C Fleet based in Milford Haven.
  For the 1900 annual manoeuvres, 10 July to 24 August 1900, when she served as one of the 12 battleships of the A Fleet based in Ireland.  The action on 2 August took the form of a general chase of the A Fleet by the stronger B Fleet.  To get away, the A Fleet steered a course against a strong head wind and heavy sea, which was sustained for hours.  This obliged the A Fleet to detach the old Dreadnought and send her to Queenstown.  The Sultan was able to keep up for a while, but when the A Fleet made 13 knots, the Sultan struggled to maintain station, and eventually had to be detached and sent to Berehaven, allowing the remaining battleships (of the Royal Sovereign and Majestic classes) to quicken speed to 14 knots and get away.
  In 1906, she was partially dismantled and became an artificers' training ship under the name of Fisgard IV; in 1931 she was further converted into a mechanical repair ship, regaining her original name of Sultan. During World War II she was a depot ship for minesweepers at Portsmouth, and was sold in 1947.
caption: Sultan sometime after her 1892-1896 reconstruction.  Note the double-bridge, tall funnels and military masts.  The fighting tops on the military masts held 3 pr (47mm) guns.
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