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HMS Commonwealth |
Type: |
Battleship |
Class: |
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Builder: |
Fairfield Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. Ltd. Govan, Scotland |
Pennant Number: |
N/A |
Ordered: |
N/A |
Launched: |
May 13, 1903 |
Keel Laid: |
June 17, 1902 |
Commissioned: |
March 1905 |
Fate: |
Sold for scrap Nov. 18, 1921. |
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Dimensions, machinery and performance (General for class) |
Length: |
453' 9" |
Engines: |
2 four cylinder triple expansion |
Beam: |
78' |
Boilers: |
varied between ships from 16 to 21 (coal fired) |
Draft: |
26' 9" |
Shafts: |
2 |
Displacement: |
16,350 std. / 17,500 full |
SHP: |
18,000 (design) |
Speed: |
18.9 knots (design) |
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Crew: |
777 |
Range: |
5,200 NM @ 10 knots |
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Armament As Built |
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Number Carried
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Type
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Arrangement |
Maximum Range / Ceiling |
4 |
12'/40 (305mm) Mk IX |
2 twin turrets |
26,500 yards @ 30° (15 miles) with a 850 lb. armor piercing shell |
4 |
9.2"/47 (234mm) BL |
single mounts |
25,700 yards @ 30° (14.6 miles) with a 380 lb. HE shell |
10 |
6"/45 (152mm) BL |
single mounts |
17,800 yards @ 20° (last three in class fitted with 6"/50 QF) |
12 |
3"/50 (76mm) 12 pounder QF 18cwt |
single mounts |
9,300 yards @ 20° |
14 |
1.85"/40 (47mm) 3 pounder QF DP |
single mounts |
7,900 yards @ 45° AA ceiling 3,600' (effective range) |
5 |
18" (450mm) torpedo tubes |
all submerged 4 broadside / 1 aft *aft tube not fitted to all ships |
800 yards @ 26.5 knots 118 lb. wet gun-cotton warhead |
Builder's Data |
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Page published Feb. 23, 2007 |