Fleet
Royal Navy
Ship Type
Battleship
Nickname
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Ship Class
Bellerophon
Grouping
4th Battle Squadron
Command
Grand Fleet
Builder's Yard
Devenport dockyard
Budget Year
1906
Construction Notes
cost £1,641,100
Date Laid Down
01.01.1907
Launch Date
24.08.1907
Completed date
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Commission date
01.05.1909
Year laid down
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Year launched
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Year completed
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Commission Year
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Pennant No
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Photo Details
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Related stories
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Sister ships
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Eventual Fate
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Jutland result
fired 72 heavy shells (12", 300 mm) and 50 4" shells. FIred on Wiesbaden and claimed 2 or 3 hits on Derfflinger
Ready for action after dock repairs
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Commander
Captain Edwin Veale Underhill
Noteable Officers
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Crew complement
840
Officers
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Ratings
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Killed
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Wounded
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Prisoners
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Displacement full Load (tons)
18,800
Artefacts Data
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Ship's Model
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Length (ft)
527
Length (mtrs)
161
Beam (ft)
82' 5"
Beam (mtrs)
24.12
Draught (ft)
27' 8"
Draught (mtrs)
8.43
Max. Speed (knots)
20.75
Range (miles)
6,400 at 10 kts
Range (kilometres)
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Fuel
coal 2,648 max load (900 normal)
Propulsion
4 Parsons team turbine engines heating 18 Yarrow boilers driving 4 shafts. Rated trials 24,619 and 23,000 service.
Armour Main Belt
9" - 12" (230 - 250 mm) lower midships, 8" (200 mm) upper midships, 7" - 8" lower and upper bow, 5" stern
Deck Armour
3 to 1.5"
Turret Armour IN CM
11" (280 mm)
Conning Tower Armour
11" (280 mm) fore, 8" 200 mm) aft
Barbette Armour
9" - 10" (230 - 250 mm)
Weight of armour
5,432
Armour / Displacement Ratio
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Watertight compartments
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General Notes
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Fire Control Table
Dreyer Mk 1
Fire Control - Clock
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Primary Gun calibre
BL / 45 12" Mk X guns (300 mm)
No. Primary Turrets
5
Guns (No.barrels)
10
Primary gun layout
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Rounds per main gun
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Effective broadside guns
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Primary shell Weight (inches or cm)
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Primary Broadside Weight
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Secondary Gun Calibre
BL 4" Mk VII guns
Guns (No.barrels) 2
16
Rounds per secondary
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Other Armament
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Elevation (degrees)
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Gunnery Range (yards)
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Gunnery Range (metres)
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Rate of Fire (rds per minute)
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Shells expended Main
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Mines dropped
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Shells expended Secondary
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Torpedoes fired
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Gunnery Notes
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Torpedo Type IN
18" Whitehed
No. tubes
2
Torpedo Type MM
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No. Mines
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Torpedo Notes
submerged
References & sources
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