MARLBOROUGH

Fleet

Royal Navy

Ship Type

Battleship

Nickname

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Ship Class

Iron Duke

Grouping

Ist Battle Squadron

Command

Grand Fleet

Builder's Yard

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Budget Year

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Construction Notes

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Date Laid Down

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Launch Date

02.06.2014

Completed date

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Commission date

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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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Sister ships

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Eventual Fate

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Jutland result

Torpedoed at Jutland with a cost of 2 men killed. Dropped out of the line

Ready for action after dock repairs

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Commander

Captain George P. Ross (flying the Flag of Vice-Admiral Sir Cecil Burney, K.C.B., K.C.M.G.; Captain E. Percy F. G. Grant, Chief of the Staff)

Noteable Officers

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Crew complement

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Officers

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Ratings

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Killed

Wounded

Prisoners

Displacement full Load (tons)

28820

Artefacts Data

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Ship's Model

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Length (ft)

622' 9"

Length (mtrs)

189.8

Beam (ft)

Beam (mtrs)

27.4

Draught (ft)

29' 6"

Draught (mtrs)

8.9

Max. Speed (knots)

Range (miles)

8,976 at 10 kts (ID)

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" (305 mm)

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

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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

Guns (No.barrels)

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

Guns (No.barrels) 2

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

Torpedo Type MM

530 mm

No. Mines

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Torpedo Notes

submerged Whitehead

References & sources

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