HMS Benbow (1913)

Type:
Battleship
Class:
Iron Duke (Class Overview)
Builder:
William Beardmore & Co. Ltd.
Dalimur, Scotland
Pennant Number:
N/A
Ordered:
1911
Launched:
November 12, 1913
Keel Laid:
May 30, 1912
Commissioned:
October 7, 1914
Fate:
Sold Jan. 1931 and scrapped.


Dimensions, Machinery and Performance

Length:
622' 7"
Engines:
4 Parsons steam turbines
Beam:
89' 8"
Boilers:
18 Babcock & Wilcox (coal fired)
Draft:
32' 9" (max)
Shafts:
4
Displacement:
25,820 std. / 30,380 full
SHP:
29,000
Speed:
21 knots
Crew:
1,000+
Range:
4,840 NM @ 19 knots / 7,780 NM @ 10 knots


Armament
Number Carried
Type
Arrangement
Maximum Range / Ceiling
10
13.5"/45 (343mm)
5 twin turrets
23,820 yards @ 20° (13.5 miles)
with a 567 lb. armor piercing shell
12
6"/45 (152mm) Mk VII
single mounts
15,800 yards @ 20° (8.9 miles)
with a 100 lb. HE shell
2
3"/45 (76mm) QF
single mounts
12,950 yards @ 40° (7.3 miles)
AA ceiling 15,700'
with a 17.5 lb. HE shell
4
21" (533mm)
torpedo tubes
all submerged
broadside
4,500 yards @ 45 knots (2.5 miles)
10,750 yards @ 31 knots (6.1 miles)
515 lb. TNT warhead


History
1914-1919:
Grand Fleet.
1919-1926:
Mediterranean Fleet.
1926-1930:
Atlantic Fleet.
1930:
Disarmed due to London Naval Treaty.
Jan. 1931:
Sold for scrap.


Notes:
Participated at the Battle of Jutland.


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