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NEPTUNE HMS 1911

Posted: Fri Jan 27, 2012 7:48 pm
by aukepalmhof
HMS NEPTUNE was a Royal Navy dreadnought battleship, intended to be the lead ship of three Neptune-class battleships, but the subsequent two ships had slightly thicker belt armour and were reclassified as the Colossus class.
Service History
She was flagship of the Home Fleet from May 1911 until May 1912 when she was transferred to the 1st Battle Squadron, where she remained until June 1916, just after the Battle of Jutland. She was accidentally struck by SS Needvaal in April 1916 but no serious damage was done. She was present at the Battle of Jutland as part of Admiral Jellicoe's Battle Fleet. She fired only 48 12 inch (305 mm) shells but is credited with scoring several hits on the German battlecruiser Lützow.
After the war she was quickly transferred to the reserve fleet and on 1 September 1922 she was sold to Hughes Bolckow for breaking up at Blyth, Northumberland.
Name: HMS NEPTUNE
Ordered: 1908 Naval Estimates
Builder: Portsmouth Dockyard
Laid down: 19 January 1909
Launched: 30 September 1909
Commissioned: 11 January 1911[1]
Fate: Scrapped in September 1922
Type: Dreadnought battleship
Displacement: 19,900 tons (22,000 full load)
Length: 546 ft (166 m)
Beam: 85 ft (26 m)
Draught: 27 ft (8.2 m)
Propulsion: Parsons steam turbines, direct drive on four shafts, 25,000 shp, 18 Yarrow boilers
Speed: 21 knots (39 km/h)
Range: 6,330 nm at 10 knots (19 km/h)
Complement: 756
Armament: 10 × BL 12-inch (304.8 mm) Mk XI guns (5×2)
12 × BL 4-inch (101.6 mm) Mk VII guns
3 × 18 inch (457 mm) torpedo tubes, later removed
Armour: Belt: 10 inches (254 mm)
Upper Belt: 8 inches (203 mm)
Bulkheads: 5 and 8 inches (203 mm)
Conning Tower: 11 inches (280 mm)
Turrets: 11 inches (280 mm)
Barbettes: 9 inches (229 mm)
Delandre label
Source: Wikipedia

Peter Crichton
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