COLLINGWOOD

Fleet

Royal Navy

Ship Type

Battleship

Nickname

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Ship Class

St. Vincent

Grouping

Ist Battle Squadron

Command

Grand Fleet

Builder's Yard

HM dockyards, Devenport

Budget Year

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Construction Notes

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Date Laid Down

03.02.0198

Launch Date

07.11.1908

Completed date

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Commission date

19.04.1910

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

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Eventual Fate

Scrapped Dec 1922

Jutland result

Fired 8 main gun salvoes at SMS Wiesbaden while passing at 18:32. Secondary fire was used ro drive off the G.42 which had been sent by Hipper to take Wiesbaden's crew off. 19:15 fired two salvoes and hit Derfflinger once, the shell landing in the sick bay.She avoided torpedoes fired at her by 30 yards in front and 10 behind.

Ready for action after dock repairs

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Commander

Captain James Ley flying the flag of Vice Admiral Stanley Colville.

Noteable Officers

Midshipman Prince Albert served in the guns.

Crew complement

758

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)

19,700

Artefacts Data

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Ship's Model

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Length (ft)

536

Length (mtrs)

163.4

Beam (ft)

84,2

Beam (mtrs)

25.7

Draught (ft)

28

Draught (mtrs)

8.5

Max. Speed (knots)

21

Range (miles)

7,900 at 10 kts

Range (kilometres)

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Fuel

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Propulsion

4 shafts with 2 Parsons steam turbine sets using 18 Yarrow boilers. Rating 24,500 shp.

Armour Main Belt

11 - 8" (203 - 254mm)

Deck Armour

.75" - 3" (19 - 76mm)

Turret Armour IN CM

11" (279mm)

Conning Tower Armour

8" - 11" (203 - 279mm)

Barbette Armour

15" - 10" (127 - 254mm)

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 IX guns

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)

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Primary Broadside Weight

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Secondary Gun Calibre

4" BL Mk VII guns

Guns (No.barrels) 2

18

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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