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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