IRON DUKE

Fleet

Royal Navy

Ship Type

Battleship

Nickname

The Tin Duck

Ship Class

Iron Duke

Grouping

4th Battle Squadron

Command

Grand Fleet

Builder's Yard

HM Dockyards Portsmouth

Budget Year

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Construction Notes

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Date Laid Down

12.01.1912

Launch Date

12.10.1912

Completed date

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Commission date

10.03.2014

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

Marlborough, Benbow and Empress of India

Eventual Fate

Sold for scrap 1946. Broken up Glasgow 1948?

Jutland result

Opened fire on SMS König at 18:29. First salvo short, next three hit. 6 hits were claimed by ID's gunnery officer (7 hits had been landed)

Ready for action after dock repairs

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Commander

Captain Frederic C. Dryer, C.B. (Flying the Flag of the Commander-in-Chief)

Noteable Officers

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Crew complement

995 - 1,022

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)

29,560

Artefacts Data

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Ship's Model

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Length (ft)

622' 9"

Length (mtrs)

189.8

Beam (ft)

90

Beam (mtrs)

27.4

Draught (ft)

29' 6"

Draught (mtrs)

8.9

Max. Speed (knots)

21.25

Range (miles)

8,976 at 10 kts

Range (kilometres)

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Fuel

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Propulsion

4 Parsons turbines, 18 Babcock and Wilcox boilers rated at 29,000 shp.

Armour Main Belt

12"

Deck Armour

12" (305 mm)

Turret Armour IN CM

11" (279 mm)

Conning Tower Armour

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Barbette Armour

10" (254 mm)

Weight of armour

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Armour / Displacement Ratio

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Watertight compartments

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General Notes

Served as Grand Fleet Flagship after serving as the same for Sir George Callaghan. Was replaced by HMS Queen Elizabeth shortly after Vice Admiral Beatty became CinC November 1916 (in January 1917).

Fire Control Table

Dreyer Table Mk 1, Dreyer Turret Control Table

Fire Control - Clock

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Primary Gun calibre

13'5"

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)

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Primary Broadside Weight

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Secondary Gun Calibre

6"

Guns (No.barrels) 2

12

Rounds per secondary

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Other Armament

Two 3" QF 20 cwt AA guns (152 mm), Four 3 pdr 20 cwt guns (47 mm).

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

21"

No. tubes

4

Torpedo Type MM

530 mm

No. Mines

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Torpedo Notes

submerged Whitehead

References & sources

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