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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