DUKE OF EDINBURGH

Fleet

Royal Navy

Ship Type

armoured cruiser

Nickname

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Ship Class

Duke of Ediburgh

Grouping

Ist Cruiser Squadron

Command

Grand Fleet

Builder's Yard

Pembroke Dockyard

Budget Year

1902 - 1903

Construction Notes

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Date Laid Down

11.02.1903

Launch Date

14.06.1904

Completed date

20.01.1906

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

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Related stories

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Sister ships

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Eventual Fate

Sold for scrap April 1920

Jutland result

18:08 fired twenty rounds at Wiesbaden. By 18:30 on the starboard bow of HMS King George V. Evaded torpedo at 18:47 after a German torpedo attack on the battle-cruisers.

Ready for action after dock repairs

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Commander

Captain Henry Blackett

Noteable Officers

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Crew complement

789

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)

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Artefacts Data

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Ship's Model

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Length (ft)

505,6

Length (mtrs)

154.1

Beam (ft)

73,6

Beam (mtrs)

22.4

Draught (ft)

27

Draught (mtrs)

22.4

Max. Speed (knots)

23

Range (miles)

9,360 at 10kts

Range (kilometres)

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Fuel

Carried 2,150 tons of coal and 600 tons of fuel on as a burn accelerator

Propulsion

2 shaft, 4 cylinder Triple Expansion steam engines, 20 Babcock and Wilcox plus 6 cylindrical boilers. Rated at 23,000 ihp

Armour Main Belt

3 - 6" (76 - 152 mm)

Deck Armour

0.75 - 1.5" (19 - 38 mm)

Turret Armour IN CM

4,5 - 7,5" (110 - 190 mm)

Conning Tower Armour

10" (254 mm)

Barbette Armour

3 - 6" (76 - 152 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

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Fire Control - Clock

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Primary Gun calibre

BL 9.2" (234 mm) Mk X guns

No. Primary Turrets

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Guns (No.barrels)

6

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

BL 6" (152mm) Mk XI guns

Guns (No.barrels) 2

10

Rounds per secondary

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Other Armament

20 x VIckers QF 3 pds, 6 on turret roofs and 14 on superstructure.

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

17,72"

No. tubes

3

Torpedo Type MM

450

No. Mines

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Torpedo Notes

submerged

References & sources

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