INDOMITABLE

Fleet

Royal Navy

Ship Type

Battle-cruiser

Nickname

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Ship Class

Invincible

Grouping

3rd Battlecruiser Squadron

Command

Battle-Cruiser Fleet

Builder's Yard

Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering, Glasgow

Budget Year

1906 Estimates

Construction Notes

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Date Laid Down

01.03.1906

Launch Date

16.03.1907

Completed date

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Commission date

20.06.1908

Year laid down

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Year launched

1908

Year completed

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Commission Year

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Pennant No

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Photo Details

12" guns on HMS Indomitable. P and Q turrets are elevated and turned inboard. Photo from the after shelter deck looking forward. Source: LOC 16724

Related stories

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Sister ships

Sold fro scrap 1st December 1921

Eventual Fate

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Jutland result

Around 18:20 when the Grand Fleet was deploying, the BCF was roughly 9,000 yards from Hipper's SG. Indominatable hit Derfflinger three times, Seydlitz once. About 20:19, Inflexible and Indomitable spotted the SG around 10,000 yards off as the sun was setting. Seydlitz was hit 5 times before Mauve's pre-dreadnoughts joined. Three of his ships were then hit when the two British battle-cruisers shifted fire to the larger and new threat.

Ready for action after dock repairs

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Commander

Captain Francis W. Kennedy

Noteable Officers

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Crew complement

784 (near 1,000 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)

20,722

Artefacts Data

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Ship's Model

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Length (ft)

567

Length (mtrs)

172.8

Beam (ft)

78,7

Beam (mtrs)

23.9

Draught (ft)

25

Draught (mtrs)

29.9

Max. Speed (knots)

25.5

Range (miles)

3,560 at 10 kts

Range (kilometres)

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Fuel

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Propulsion

4 shafts operated by two Parsons direct-drive steam turbine sets. Used 31 Babcock and Wilcox boilers. Rated 41,000 shp.

Armour Main Belt

4" - 6" ( 102- 152 mm)

Deck Armour

1.5" - 2.5" (38 - 64 mm)

Turret Armour IN CM

7" (178 mm)

Conning Tower Armour

6" - 10" (152 - 254 mm)

Barbette Armour

7" (178 mm)

Weight of armour

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Armour / Displacement Ratio

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Watertight compartments

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General Notes

Other terms other than "armoured cruiser" had been used in the type description - "cruiser-battleship", "dreadnought cruiser" as well as "battle-cruiser".

Fire Control Table

Dreyer Mk 1

Fire Control - Clock

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Primary Gun calibre

BL 12" Mk X

No. Primary Turrets

4

Guns (No.barrels)

8

Primary gun layout

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Rounds per main gun

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Effective broadside guns

6

Primary shell Weight (inches or cm)

850

Primary Broadside Weight

5100

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)

13.5

Gunnery Range (yards)

18850

Gunnery Range (metres)

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Rate of Fire (rds per minute)

2

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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