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HMS Irresistible |
Type: |
Battleship |
Class: |
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Builder: |
Chatham Dockyard Chatham, England |
Pennant Number: |
N/A |
Ordered: |
1897 |
Launched: |
December 15, 1898 |
Keel Laid: |
April 11, 1898 |
Commissioned: |
February 4, 1898 |
Fate: |
Sunk Mar. 18, 1915 by a mine laid by the Turkish minelayer Nousret. Location: Aegean Sea, Dardanelles Strait near Canakkale, Turkey. (near position 40.10N - 26.23E) At least 15 crewmen killed, crew removed by HMS Wear. (Roll of Honour) |
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Dimensions, machinery and performance |
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Length: |
429' 7" |
Engines: |
2 three cylinder vertically inverted triple expansion |
Beam: |
75' 4" |
Boilers: |
20 Belleville (coal fired) |
Draft: |
25' 9" std / 29' max |
Shafts: |
2 |
Displacement: |
15,000 std |
HP: |
15,000 |
Speed: |
18 knots |
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Crew: |
780 |
Range: |
N/A |
Armament as built
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Number Carried
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Type
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Arrangement
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Maximum Range / Ceiling
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4 |
12"/40 (305mm) |
2 twin turrets |
26,500 yards @ 30° (15 miles) 850 lb. AP shell Rate of fire 1.5 RPM |
12 |
6"/45 (152mm) |
single mounts |
15,800 yards @ 20° (8.9 miles) 100 lb. HE shell Rate of fire 5-7 RPM |
16 |
3"/40 (76mm) 12 CWT |
single mounts |
11,750 yards @ 40° (6.6 miles) 12.9 lb. HE shell Rate of fire 15 RPM |
6 |
1.85"/50 (47mm) |
single mounts |
5,600 yards @ 12° (2.8 miles) 3.3 lb. HE shell Rate of fire 25 RPM |
4 |
18" (450mm) torpedo tubes |
submerged |
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History |
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Assigned to the 5th Battle Squadron Channel Fleet. |
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Aug. 25, 1914: |
Took part in transport of Portsmouth Marine battalion to Ostend, Belgium. |
Oct.-Nov. 1914: |
Attached to the Dover Patrol for attacks on the Belgian coast. |
Feb. 18, 1915: |
Attack on forts. Later took part in other bombardment s and support of landings. |
Mar. 18, 1915: |
Sunk. |
(History provided by Gordon Smith)
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Builder's Data |
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Page published Feb. 2, 2008 |
