Majestic Class Battleships Class Overview

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
Crew:
757
Range:
N/A


Armament
Number Carried
Type
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


Name
Builder
Launched
Commissioned

Chatham Dockyard,
Chatham, England

Dec. 19, 1894
Dec. 1895
Fate
Sold for scrap May 19, 1921.
Name
Builder
Launched
Commissioned
Portsmouth Dockyard
Portsmouth, England

Jan. 31, 1895
Dec. 1895
Fate
Sunk May 27, 1915 by U-21 (torpedo).

Location: Aegean Sea west of Cape Helles, Gallipoli Peninsula, Turkey.

46 crewmen killed.
Name
Builder
Launched
Commissioned
Portsmouth Dockyard
Portsmouth, England

Aug. 22, 1895
Nov. 1896
Fate
Sold for scrap Sept. 21, 1921 but, sank Dec. 30, 1921 en route to the breakers
yard in Germany.
Name
Builder
Launched
Commissioned
Chatham Dockyard,
Chatham, England

Oct. 19, 1895
Nov. 1896
Fate
Sold for scrap Dec. 19, 1922.
Name
Builder
Launched
Commissioned
John Brown & Co. Ltd
Clydebank, Scotland

Nov. 18, 1895
May 1897
Fate
Sold for scrap Jan. 15, 1920.
Name
Builder
Launched
Commissioned
Cammell Laird Ltd.
Birkenhead, England

Mar. 30, 1896
June 1897
Fate
Sold for scrap May 9, 1921.
Name
Builder
Launched
Commissioned
Pembroke Dockyard
Pembroke, Wales

Apr. 28, 1896
Apr. 1898
Fate
Sold for scrap Nov. 8, 1921.
Name
Builder
Launched
Commissioned
Portsmouth Dockyard
Portsmouth, England

Sept. 2, 1896
Jan. 1898
Fate
Sold for scrap Nov. 8, 1921.
Name
Builder
Launched
Commissioned
Chatham Dockyard,
Chatham, England

Sept. 17, 1896
Apr. 1898
Fate
Sold for scrap June 18, 1920.


Class Notes:
The Majestic Class was the largest battleship class ever built.


Page revised Mar. 10, 2007