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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Related stories
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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
2
Wounded
2
Prisoners
4
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)
90
Beam (mtrs)
27.4
Draught (ft)
29' 6"
Draught (mtrs)
8.9
Max. Speed (knots)
21
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
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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