TEMERAIRE

Fleet

Royal Navy

Ship Type

Battleship

Nickname

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Ship Class

Bellerophon

Grouping

4th Battle Squadron

Command

Grand Fleet

Builder's Yard

Devenport dockyard

Budget Year

1906

Construction Notes

cost £1,641,100

Date Laid Down

01.01.1907

Launch Date

24.08.1907

Completed date

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Commission date

01.05.1909

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

fired 72 heavy shells (12", 300 mm) and 50 4" shells. FIred on Wiesbaden and claimed 2 or 3 hits on Derfflinger

Ready for action after dock repairs

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Commander

Captain Edwin Veale Underhill

Noteable Officers

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Crew complement

840

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)

18,800

Artefacts Data

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Ship's Model

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Length (ft)

527

Length (mtrs)

161

Beam (ft)

82' 5"

Beam (mtrs)

24.12

Draught (ft)

27' 8"

Draught (mtrs)

8.43

Max. Speed (knots)

20.75

Range (miles)

6,400 at 10 kts

Range (kilometres)

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Fuel

coal 2,648 max load (900 normal)

Propulsion

4 Parsons team turbine engines heating 18 Yarrow boilers driving 4 shafts. Rated trials 24,619 and 23,000 service.

Armour Main Belt

9" - 12" (230 - 250 mm) lower midships, 8" (200 mm) upper midships, 7" - 8" lower and upper bow, 5" stern

Deck Armour

3 to 1.5"

Turret Armour IN CM

11" (280 mm)

Conning Tower Armour

11" (280 mm) fore, 8" 200 mm) aft

Barbette Armour

9" - 10" (230 - 250 mm)

Weight of armour

5,432

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 / 45 12" Mk X guns (300 mm)

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

BL 4" Mk VII guns

Guns (No.barrels) 2

16

Rounds per secondary

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Other Armament

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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

18" Whitehed

No. tubes

2

Torpedo Type MM

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No. Mines

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Torpedo Notes

submerged

References & sources

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