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Formidable Class Battleships Class Overview |
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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Name |
Builder |
Launched |
Commissioned |
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Portsmouth Dockyard Portsmouth, England |
Nov. 17, 1898 |
Oct. 10, 1901 |
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Fate |
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Sunk Jan. 1, 1915 by U-24 (torpedo).
Location: English Channel 29 miles east of Start Point, England. (50.13.14N - 03.03.99W) 547 crewmen killed, 233 survivors. Some picked up by HMS Topaze and HMS Diamond, others by the trawler Provident while others made land in lifeboats. (Roll of Honour) |
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Name |
Builder |
Launched |
Commissioned |
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Chatham Dockyard Chatham, England |
Dec. 15, 1898 |
Feb. 4, 1902 |
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Fate |
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Sunk Mar. 18, 1915 by a mine laid by the Turkish minelayer Nousret.
Location: Aegean Sea, Dardanelles Strait off 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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Name |
Builder |
Launched |
Commissioned |
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Devonport Dockyard Plymouth, England |
Mar. 5, 1899 |
N/A |
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Fate |
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Sold Nov. 8, 1921 to Slough TC and scrapped in Germany.
(Roll of Honour) |
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Page revised Feb. 2, 2008 |
