NEPTUNE

Fleet

Royal Navy

Ship Type

Battleship

Nickname

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Ship Class

Neptune

Grouping

Ist Battle Squadron

Command

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Builder's Yard

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Budget Year

1908 Estimates

Construction Notes

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Date Laid Down

19.01.1909

Launch Date

30.09.1909

Completed date

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Commission date

01.11.1911

Year laid down

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Year launched

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Year completed

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Commission Year

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Pennant No

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Photo Details

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Related stories

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Sister ships

Scrapped September 1922

Eventual Fate

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Jutland result

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Ready for action after dock repairs

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Commander

Captain Vivian H. G. Bernard

Noteable Officers

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Crew complement

813

Officers

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Ratings

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Killed

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Wounded

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Prisoners

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Displacement full Load (tons)

22,000

Artefacts Data

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Ship's Model

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Length (ft)

546

Length (mtrs)

166

Beam (ft)

85

Beam (mtrs)

26

Draught (ft)

27

Draught (mtrs)

8.2

Max. Speed (knots)

21

Range (miles)

6,330 (NM) 10kts

Range (kilometres)

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Fuel

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Propulsion

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Armour Main Belt

10" (254 mm), upper 8"

Deck Armour

3 - 1.5

Turret Armour IN CM

11" (280 mm)

Conning Tower Armour

11" (280 mm)

Barbette Armour

9" (229 mm)

Weight of armour

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Armour / Displacement Ratio

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Watertight compartments

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General Notes

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Fire Control Table

Dreyer Mk 1

Fire Control - Clock

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Primary Gun calibre

12" BL Mk XI guns (304.8 mm)

No. Primary Turrets

5

Guns (No.barrels)

10

Primary gun layout

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Rounds per main gun

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Effective broadside guns

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Primary shell Weight (inches or cm)

1

Primary Broadside Weight

10

Secondary Gun Calibre

4" BL Mk VII guns (101.6 mm)

Guns (No.barrels) 2

12

Rounds per secondary

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Other Armament

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Elevation (degrees)

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Gunnery Range (yards)

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Gunnery Range (metres)

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Rate of Fire (rds per minute)

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Shells expended Main

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Mines dropped

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Shells expended Secondary

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Torpedoes fired

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Gunnery Notes

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Torpedo Type IN

18"

No. tubes

3

Torpedo Type MM

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No. Mines

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Torpedo Notes

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References & sources

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