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HMS Jupiter |
Type: |
Battleship |
Class: |
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Builder: |
John Brown & Co. Ltd. Clydebank, Scotland |
Pennant Number: |
N/A |
Ordered: |
N/A |
Launched: |
November 18, 1895 |
Keel Laid: |
April 26, 1894 |
Commissioned: |
May 1897 |
Fate: |
Sold for scrap Jan. 15, 1920. |
Dimensions, Machinery and Performance |
Length: |
413' |
Engines: |
2 three cylinder vertically inverted triple expansion |
Beam: |
75' |
Boilers: |
8 cylindrical (coal fired) 4 furnaces each |
Draft: |
30' max |
Shafts: |
2 |
Displacement: |
14,900 std. |
SHP: |
10,000 |
Speed: |
16.5 knots |
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Crew: |
757 |
Range: |
N/A |
Armament |
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Number Carried
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Type
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Arrangement |
Maximum Range / Ceiling |
4 |
12'/35 (305mm) Mk VIII |
2 twin turrets |
2,6000 yards @ 30° (14.7 miles) with 875 lb. armor piercing shell |
12 |
6"/40 (152mm) |
single mounts |
10,000 yards @ 15° with 100 lb. HE shell |
16 |
3"/40 (76mm) 12 pounder QF |
single mounts |
11,750 yards @ 40° AA ceiling 19,000' @ 70° |
12 |
1.85"/40 (47mm) 3 pounder QF |
single mounts |
7,900 yards @ 45° AA ceiling 3,600 (effective) |
5 |
18" (450mm) torpedo tubes |
4 submerged 1 above (stern) |
800 yards @ 26.5 knots 118 lb. wet gun cotton warhead |
Builder's Data |
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Page published Mar. 10, 2007 |