Bellerophon Class Battleships Class Overview

Dimensions, Machinery and Performance

Length:
526'
Engines:
4 Parsons single reduction steam turbines *
Beam:
82' 6"
Boilers:
18 (coal fired) **
Draft:
30' 11" max
Shafts:
4
Displacement:
18,600 std. / 22,000 full
SHP:
23,000
Speed:
20.75 knots
Crew:
793
Range:
N/A


Main Armament
Number Carried
Type
Arrangement
Maximum Range / Ceiling
10
12"/45 (305mm)
Mk X
5 twin turrets
20,435 yards @ 16° (11.6 miles)


Name
Builder
Launched
Commissioned
Portsmouth Dockyard
Portsmouth, England

July 27, 1907
Feb. 20, 1909
Fate
Sold for scrap Nov. 8, 1921.
Name
Builder
Launched
Commissioned
Armstrong Elswick Works
Newcastle-on-Tyne, England

Nov. 7, 1907
June 9, 1909
Fate
Sold for scrap Dec. 12, 1923.
Name
Builder
Launched
Commissioned
Devonport Dockyard
Plymouth, England

Aug. 24, 1907
May 15, 1909
Fate
Sold for scrap Dec. 7, 1921.


Class Notes:
* Engines builders
Bellerophon by Fairfield Shipbuilding
Téméraire by R & W Hawthorne, Leslie Co.
Superb by Wallsend Co.

** Boiler builders
Bellerophon and Superb by Babcock & Wilcox
Téméraire by Yarrow


Page revised Feb. 23, 2007