 The smaller guns were intended for use against small targets which could evade the ram and were not worth using the heavy artillery for.The torpedo tubes - six was the greatest number carried to date by a battleship - were placed aft and were intended for use against a target placed by accident or design astern of "Conqueror", when the main armament would be valueless.She was commissioned on 5 July 1887 for the Jubilee Review.