High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The first HMS Iron Duke was an iron Audacious-class central battery ironclad. She was originally to have been called HMS Duke but she was nicknamed Iron Duke during construction as she was armoured unlike many other vessels under construction. The phrase was already in circulation as it was a nickname given to Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington. The name was adopted when she was launched at Pembroke shipyard.

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