HMS Minotaur, c1867. From: The British Battle Fleet, its inception and growth throughout the centuries to the present day. Volume 1, by Fred T. Jane, published by Library Press Limited, London. 1915. Six Royal Navy vessels have born the Minotaur name. The pictured vessel was launched in 1863 and was the lead ship of the Minotaur Class ironclad battleships. She was renamed several times in the early twentieth century: HMS Boscawen II, HMS Ganges and HMS Ganges II and was scrapped in 1922.

HMS Minotaur, c1867. From: The British Battle Fleet, its inception and growth throughout the centuries to the present day. Volume 1, by Fred T. Jane, published by Library Press Limited, London. 1915. Six Royal Navy vessels have born the Minotaur name. The pictured vessel was launched in 1863 and was the lead ship of the Minotaur Class ironclad battleships. She was renamed several times in the early twentieth century: HMS Boscawen II, HMS Ganges and HMS Ganges II and was scrapped in 1922. Stock Photo
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5008 x 2784 px | 42.4 x 23.6 cm | 16.7 x 9.3 inches | 300dpi

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1867

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Gosport, England

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