HERCULES

Fleet

Royal Navy

Ship Type

Battleship

Nickname

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Ship Class

Colossus

Grouping

Ist Battle Squadron

Command

Grand Fleet

Builder's Yard

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Budget Year

1908 Estimates

Construction Notes

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Date Laid Down

30.07.1909

Launch Date

10.05.1910

Completed date

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Commission date

31.07.1911

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 November 1921

Jutland result

23rd ship in the deployment line. Engaged German Battle-cruisers from 19:00 to 19:15 achieving hits on the 5th and 6th salvos. Fired 98 main armament rounds. Straddled and splintered but without any serious damage. During the Turn Away a torpedo ran alongside. The ship had the reputation of having a difficult crew.

Ready for action after dock repairs

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Commander

Captain Lewis Clinton-Baker

Noteable Officers

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Crew complement

791 (755 non war)

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)

22,700

Artefacts Data

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Ship's Model

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Length (ft)

546

Length (mtrs)

166

Beam (ft)

85

Beam (mtrs)

26

Draught (ft)

26,3

Draught (mtrs)

8

Max. Speed (knots)

21

Range (miles)

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Range (kilometres)

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Fuel

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Propulsion

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Armour Main Belt

7" - 11" (- 280mm)

Deck Armour

1.5" - 3"

Turret Armour IN CM

11" (280 mm)

Conning Tower Armour

11"

Barbette Armour

4" - 11"

Weight of armour

5,562

Armour / Displacement Ratio

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Watertight compartments

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General Notes

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Fire Control Table

Dreyer Mk 111

Fire Control - Clock

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Primary Gun calibre

12" BL mk XII guns (304.8 mm)

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)

1

Primary Broadside Weight

10

Secondary Gun Calibre

4" BL mk VII guns (191.6 mm)

Guns (No.barrels) 2

16

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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