HMS Implacable

Type:
Battleship
Class:
Formidable (Class Overview)
Builder:
Devonport Dockyard
Plymouth, England
Pennant Number:
N/A
Ordered:
1897
Commissioned:
N/A
Keel Laid:
July 15, 1898
Decommissioned:
N/A
Launched:
March 5, 1899
Stricken:
N/A
Fate:
Sold Nov. 8, 1921 to Slough TC and scrapped in Germany.


Dimensions, machinery and performance
Length:
429' 7"
Engines:
2 three cylinder vertically inverted triple expansion
Beam:
75' 4"
Boilers:
20 Belleville (coal fired)
Draft:
25' 9" std / 29' max
Shafts:
2
Displacement:
15,000 std
HP:
15,000
Speed:
18 knots
Crew:
780
Range:
N/A


Armament as built
Number Carried
Type
Arrangement
Maximum Range / Ceiling
4
12"/40 (305mm)
2 twin turrets
26,500 yards @ 30° (15 miles)
850 lb. AP shell
Rate of fire 1.5 RPM
12
6"/45 (152mm)
single mounts
15,800 yards @ 20° (8.9 miles)
100 lb. HE shell
Rate of fire 5-7 RPM
16
3"/40 (76mm)
12 CWT
single mounts
11,750 yards @ 40° (6.6 miles)
12.9 lb. HE shell
Rate of fire 15 RPM
6
1.85"/50 (47mm)
single mounts
5,600 yards @ 12° (2.8 miles)
3.3 lb. HE shell
Rate of fire 25 RPM
4
18" (450mm)
torpedo tubes
submerged


History
Assigned to the 5th Battle Squadron Channel Fleet.
Aug. 25, 1914:
Took part in transport of Portsmouth Marine battalion to Ostend, Belgium.
Oct. 1914:
Attached to the Dover Patrol for attacks on the Belgian coast.
Mar. 1915:
Transferred to the Dardanelles.
Apr. 25, 1915:
Supported landings at Helles.
May 22, 1915:
Detached to the Adriatic to support the Italian Navy.
Nov. 1915:
3rd Detached Squadron at Salomika supporting the blockade of Greece.
Nov. 1915:
Suez Canal Patrol, continued until Apr. 1916.
Apr. 1916:
Refit at Plymouth.
June 11, 1917:
Present at Athens for the abdication of the King.
Mar. 1918:
Depot ship.
Nov. 8, 1921:
Sold for scrap.
(History provided by Gordon Smith)


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