Forgotten Ghost: the Tragedy of HMS Victoria

June 22nd 1893: Tripoli Lebanon. While conducting a rutinue training exercise with elements of the Royal Navy’s Mediterranen Fleet, a flawed order from Vice Admiral Sir George Tryon, set the flagship of the fleet, the powerful ironclad HMS Victoria on a collison course with the battleship HMS Camberdown. By the time evasive action was taken it was too late and the Camberdown struck the Victoria on her starboard side, slicing a huge gash into her hull. Thirteen Minutes after the collision, the pride of the R