HMS Vanguard (1944) |
Type: |
Battleship |
Class: |
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Builder: |
John Brown & Company Clydebank, Scotland |
Pennant Number: |
23 |
Ordered: |
March 14, 1941 |
Commissioned: |
April 25, 1946 |
Keel Laid: |
October 2, 1941 |
Paid Off : |
N/A |
Launched: |
November 30, 1944 |
Stricken: |
N/A |
Fate: |
Sold in 1960 for scrap to Shipbreaking Industries and scrapped in Faslane, Scotland. |
Dimensions, machinery and performance |
Length: |
814' 6" |
Engines: |
4 Parsons single reduction geared steam turbines |
Beam: |
108' |
Boilers: |
8 Admiralty 3 drum type |
Draft: |
34' 9" max |
Shafts: |
4 |
Displacement: |
44,500 std. / 51,420 full |
SHP: |
130,000 |
Speed: |
30 knots |
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Crew: |
1,893 |
Range: |
8,250 NM @ 15 knots |
Armament As Built |
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Number Carried
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Type
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Arrangement |
Maximum Range / Ceiling |
8 |
15"/42 (380mm) Mk 1 |
4 twin turrets |
32,500 yards @ 30.5° (18.4 miles) with 1,938 lb. armor piercing shell |
16 |
5.25"/50 (133mm) Mk 1 DP QF |
8 twin turrets |
23,400 yards @45° (13.2 miles) AA ceiling 49,000' |
73 |
40mm/56.3 Bofors MG |
10 sextuple mounts 1 twin mount 11 single mounts |
AA ceiling 23,500' Rate of fire 120 RPM |
Notes: |
Vanguard was originally designed to carry eight 16" (406mm) guns but, due to the time needed to manufacture the 16" guns and the need for manpower elsewhere, the turrets and guns from HMS Courageous and HMS Glorious, which had been removed when those ships were converted into aircraft carriers, were used. |
Builder's Data |
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Page published Feb. 15, 2007 |