BELLEROPHON

Fleet

Royal Navy

Ship Type

Battleship

Nickname

Billy Ruffian

Ship Class

Bellerophon

Grouping

4th Battle Squadron (VA Doveton Sturdee)

Command

Grand Fleet

Builder's Yard

Royal Dockyard, Portsmouth

Budget Year

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Construction Notes

Similar external appearance to HMS Dreadnought but secondary armament and anti torpedo netting improved. Also had two Tripod masts (rather than Dreadnought's one).

Date Laid Down

06.12.1906

Launch Date

27.07.1907

Completed date

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Commission date

27.02.1909

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

LOC_ggbain_16725

Related stories

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Sister ships

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Eventual Fate

Sold for scrap Nov 1921

Jutland result

Fired 62 heavy rounds without a single hit.

Ready for action after dock repairs

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Commander

Captain Edward F. "Tiny" Bruen

Noteable Officers

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Crew complement

840

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)

18,856

Artefacts Data

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Ship's Model

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Length (ft)

526

Length (mtrs)

160

Beam (ft)

82.6

Beam (mtrs)

21.15

Draught (ft)

31.5

Draught (mtrs)

9.58

Max. Speed (knots)

20.75

Range (miles)

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Range (kilometres)

10,539 at 10 kts

Fuel

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Propulsion

18 Babcock water boilers dvidied into three groups. Used 4 Parsons single reduction steam turbines driving 4 shafts. Rated at 23,000 shp. Bot sister ships Temeraire and Superb were faster because of higher shp.

Armour Main Belt

10 to 5"

Deck Armour

3 to 1.5"

Turret Armour IN CM

12"

Conning Tower Armour

11"

Barbette Armour

10 to 5"

Weight of armour

5430

Armour / Displacement Ratio

#REF!

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"

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"

Guns (No.barrels) 2

16

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

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No. tubes

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Torpedo Type MM

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No. Mines

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Torpedo Notes

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References & sources

Tarrant puts full sidplacement at 18,800.