FEARLESS

Fleet

Royal Navy

Ship Type

Light Cruiser

Nickname

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Ship Class

Active class Light Cruiser

Grouping

1st Destroyer Flotilla

Command

Battle-Cruiser Fleet

Builder's Yard

Pambroke Dock yard

Budget Year

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Construction Notes

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Date Laid Down

15.11.1911

Launch Date

12.06.1912

Completed date

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Commission date

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Year laid down

1911

Year launched

1912

Year completed

1913

Commission Year

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Pennant No

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Photo Details

Public Domain. Symonds & Co - This is photograph Q 38862 from the collections of the Imperial War Museums (collection no. 2107-01)

Related stories

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Sister ships

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Eventual Fate

Sold for scrap 1921

Jutland result

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Ready for action after dock repairs

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Commander

Lieutenant-Commander Frank G. Terry

Noteable Officers

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Crew complement

293

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)

3,440

Artefacts Data

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Ship's Model

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Length (ft)

405'

Length (mtrs)

123.4

Beam (ft)

41'

Beam (mtrs)

12.5

Draught (ft)

14' 16"

Draught (mtrs)

4.4

Max. Speed (knots)

25

Range (miles)

5,330 at 10 kts

Range (kilometres)

8,570 at 10 kts

Fuel

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Propulsion

2 sets of Parsons steam turbines with 12 Yarrow boilers rated at 18,000 shp

Armour Main Belt

1/2" to 1" (13 - 25 mm)

Deck Armour

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Turret Armour IN CM

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Conning Tower Armour

4" (102 mm)

Barbette Armour

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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

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No. Primary Turrets

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Guns (No.barrels)

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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

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Guns (No.barrels) 2

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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

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