Fleet
Royal Navy
Ship Type
Battleship
Nickname
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Ship Class
St. Vincent
Grouping
4th Battle Squadron, 4th Division
Command
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Builder's Yard
Vickers Armstrong, Barrow-on-Furness
Budget Year
1907-1908 Naval Estimates
Construction Notes
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Date Laid Down
06.02.1908
Launch Date
22.02.1909
Completed date
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Commission date
01.03.2010
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
St Vincent class expanded to include Vanguard after the Hague Conference could not reach an understanding.
Eventual Fate
Suffered a fatal cordite explosion while at anchor in Scapa Flow on July 9th 1917 with 843 deaths. Three men survived the explosion - an officer and two ratings - but the officer eventually died. The Imperial Japanese Navy observer, Captain Kyosuke Eto, was one of the fatalities.
Jutland result
Fired 42 rounds of main batteries at the Wiesbaden from 18.32 onwards. She claimed two or more hits. Between 19:20 and 19:30 engaged several German destroyer Flotillas with no results. In total she fired 65 HE and 15 CPC plus a further 10 4" secondary battery shells during the battle.
Ready for action after dock repairs
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Commander
Captain James D. Dick
Noteable Officers
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Crew complement
823 (Wiki 753 in 1910)
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)
19,700
Artefacts Data
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Ship's Model
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Length (ft)
536
Length (mtrs)
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Beam (ft)
84
Beam (mtrs)
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Draught (ft)
27 to 31'
Draught (mtrs)
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Max. Speed (knots)
21
Range (miles)
7,900 at 10 kts
Range (kilometres)
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Fuel
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Propulsion
2 paired sets of Parsons steam turbine engines heating 18 Babcock and Wilcox boilers driving 4 shafts. Rated at 24,500 shp.
Armour Main Belt
8" to 10" (203 - 254 mm)
Deck Armour
0.75" - 3" (19- 76 mm)
Turret Armour IN CM
11" (279 mm)
Conning Tower Armour
8" - 11" (203 - 279 mm)
Barbette Armour
11 to 5"
Weight of armour
5592
Armour / Displacement Ratio
.28385786802030455
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 12" Mk XI guns
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)
1
Primary Broadside Weight
10
Secondary Gun Calibre
BL 4" Mk VII guns
Guns (No.barrels) 2
20
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"
No. tubes
3
Torpedo Type MM
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No. Mines
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Torpedo Notes
one on each broadside, 3rd in the stern.
References & sources
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