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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