INFLEXIBLE

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

John Brown Shipyard, Clyde

Budget Year

1905 Estimates

Construction Notes

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Date Laid Down

05.02.1906

Launch Date

26.06.1907

Completed date

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Commission date

20.10.1908

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

Library of Congress (det4a16122)

Related stories

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Sister ships

Scrapped 1922

Eventual Fate

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Jutland result

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Ready for action after dock repairs

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Commander

Captain Edward H. F. Heaton-Ellis, M.V.O.

Noteable Officers

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Crew complement

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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)

20,700

Artefacts Data

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Ship's Model

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Length (ft)

530,1

Length (mtrs)

161.57

Beam (ft)

78,10

Beam (mtrs)

24

Draught (ft)

29,9

Draught (mtrs)

9

Max. Speed (knots)

26.48

Range (miles)

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Range (kilometres)

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Fuel

3,084 tons coal & 725 fuel oil burn accelerator

Propulsion

Four shaft Parsons direct drive steam turbines. 31 Yarrow water tube boilers

Armour Main Belt

6"

Deck Armour

4" - 6" (102 - 152 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

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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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