TIPPERARY - The Battle of Jutland - Centenary Initiative
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TIPPERARY

Fleet

Royal Navy

Ship Type

Nickname

Ship Class

Faulknor

Grouping

4th Flotilla (leader)

Command

Builder's Yard

J S White, Cowes

Budget Year

Originally ordered for the Chilean Navy

Construction Notes

Date Laid Down

Launch Date

05.03.2015

Completed date

Commission date

Year laid down

Year launched

Year completed

Commission Year

Pennant No

Photo Details

Courtesy of the National Maritime Museum, 3105

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Sister ships

Eventual Fate

Jutland result

sunk on June 1st

Ready for action after dock repairs

Commander

Captain (D) Charles J. Wintour

Noteable Officers

Crew complement

197

Officers

Ratings

Killed

185

Wounded

4

Prisoners

8

Displacement full Load (tons)

1,700 tons

Artefacts Data

Ship's Model

Length (ft)

331

Length (mtrs)

100.9

Beam (ft)

32' 6"

Beam (mtrs)

9.9

Draught (ft)

11

Draught (mtrs)

3.4

Max. Speed (knots)

32

Range (miles)

Range (kilometres)

Fuel

Propulsion

6 White Forster type water tube boilers, steam turbines, 3 shafts delivering 30,000 shp.

Armour Main Belt

Deck Armour

Turret Armour IN CM

Conning Tower Armour

Barbette Armour

Weight of armour

Armour / Displacement Ratio

Watertight compartments

General Notes

Fire Control Table

Fire Control - Clock

Primary Gun calibre

6 4" L/40 QF P Mk. VI, single mounting P Mk X1.

No. Primary Turrets

Guns (No.barrels)

Primary gun layout

Rounds per main gun

Effective broadside guns

Primary shell Weight (inches or cm)

Primary Broadside Weight

Secondary Gun Calibre

Guns (No.barrels) 2

Rounds per secondary

Other Armament

. 4 x single Botha.

Elevation (degrees)

Gunnery Range (yards)

Gunnery Range (metres)

Rate of Fire (rds per minute)

Shells expended Main

Mines dropped

Shells expended Secondary

Torpedoes fired

Gunnery Notes

Torpedo Type IN

21"

No. tubes

4

Torpedo Type MM

533 mm

No. Mines

Torpedo Notes

2 twin tubes

References & sources

H M Le Fleming Warships of World War One. Tarant Jutland.The German Perspective