Fleet
Royal Navy
Ship Type
Battleship
Nickname
A Gin Palace
Ship Class
ex Sultan Osman 1st
Grouping
Ist Battle Squadron
Command
Grand Fleet
Builder's Yard
Armstrong Whitworth in Newcastle upon Tyne
Budget Year
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Construction Notes
ex Sultan of Oman for Turkey, ex Rio de Janeiro for Brazil requisitioned August 1914
Date Laid Down
09.14.11
Launch Date
01.22.13
Completed date
20.08.2014
Commission date
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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
Library of Congress. The photo is a montage.
Related stories
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Sister ships
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Eventual Fate
Scrapped 1924 (sold 1922)
Jutland result
70 tons of high tensile steel added to her main deck to protect magazines after Jutland. Fired 144 12" and 111 6" shells with no confirmed hits.
Ready for action after dock repairs
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Commander
Captain Henry M. Doughty
Noteable Officers
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Crew complement
1268 (1917)
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)
30,860
Artefacts Data
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Ship's Model
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Length (ft)
671.6
Length (mtrs)
204.7
Beam (ft)
89
Beam (mtrs)
27.1
Draught (ft)
29'10"
Draught (mtrs)
9.1
Max. Speed (knots)
22
Range (miles)
8,100 10kts
Range (kilometres)
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Fuel
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Propulsion
22 coal and oil fired boilers (Babcock & Wilcox) plus 2 Set Parsons steam turbines on 4 shafts. Performance: 34,000 shp (but 40,000 in sea trials)
Armour Main Belt
9" 229mm
Deck Armour
1-2.5" 25 - 64mm
Turret Armour IN CM
8 - 12" 203 - 305mm
Conning Tower Armour
12" 305 mm
Barbette Armour
2-9" 51-229mm
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 Table Mk 1 (not at the time of Jutland)
Fire Control - Clock
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Primary Gun calibre
12" BL/45 Mk XIII
No. Primary Turrets
7
Guns (No.barrels)
14
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)
805 386kg
Primary Broadside Weight
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Secondary Gun Calibre
6" BL Mk Xiii
Guns (No.barrels) 2
20
Rounds per secondary
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Other Armament
10 x 3" guns
Elevation (degrees)
-3 to 13.5
Gunnery Range (yards)
20,000
Gunnery Range (metres)
18,000
Rate of Fire (rds per minute)
1.5
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
21"
No. tubes
3
Torpedo Type MM
533
No. Mines
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Torpedo Notes
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References & sources
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