HMS Iron Duke |
Type: |
Battleship |
Class: |
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Builder: |
Portsmouth Dockyard Portsmouth, England |
Pennant Number: |
N/A |
Ordered: |
1911 |
Launched: |
October 12, 1912 |
Keel Laid: |
January 12, 1912 |
Commissioned: |
March 10, 1914 |
Fate: |
Sold Mar. 1946 and scrapped in Glasgow, Scotland. |
Dimensions, Machinery and Performance |
Length: |
622' 7" |
Engines: |
4 Parsons steam turbines |
Beam: |
89' 8" |
Boilers: |
18 Babcock & Wilcox (coal fired) |
Draft: |
32' 9" (max) |
Shafts: |
4 |
Displacement: |
25,820 std. / 30,380 full |
SHP: |
29,000 |
Speed: |
21 knots |
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Crew: |
1,000+ |
Range: |
4,840 NM @ 19 knots / 7,780 NM @ 10 knots |
Armament |
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Number Carried
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Type
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Arrangement |
Maximum Range / Ceiling |
10 |
13.5"/45 (343mm) |
5 twin turrets |
23,820 yards @ 20° (13.5 miles) with a 567 lb. armor piercing shell |
12 |
6"/45 (152mm) Mk VII |
single mounts |
15,800 yards @ 20° (8.9 miles) with a 100 lb. HE shell |
2 |
3"/45 (76mm) QF |
single mounts |
12,950 yards @ 40° (7.3 miles) AA ceiling 15,700' with a 17.5 lb. HE shell |
4 |
21" (533mm) torpedo tubes |
all submerged broadside |
4,500 yards @ 45 knots (2.5 miles) 10,750 yards @ 31 knots (6.1 miles) 515 lb. TNT warhead |
Armament notes: |
The original design placed two of the 6" guns in casemates at the stern however, it was
found that the guns were ineffective in that position and that the open casemates allowed flooding to occur. These guns were reinstalled on the forecastle deck. |
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Iron Duke was disarmed due to the London Naval Treaty in 1931-32 and used as a gunnery training ship. In addition to loosing both B and Y turrets the torpedo tubes were removed and two 4" AA guns were mounted aft in single mounts. Another AA gun was mounted in place of B turret (unknown type). In 1939 a twin 4.5" turret was mounted just aft of X turret. |
History |
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1914-1919 |
Grand Fleet (Flagship Aug. 1914-Nov. 1916). |
1919-1926: |
Mediterranean Fleet. |
1926-1929: |
Atlantic Fleet. |
1931-1932: |
Disarmed and converted into a gunnery training ship. |
Oct. 17, 1939: |
Damaged by German Aircraft at Scapa Flow, grounded to avoid sinking. Completely disarmed and used as an accommodations ship. |
1946: |
Sold for scrap. |
Notes: |
Named in honor of Field Marshall Arthur Wellesley, 1st. Duke of Wellington (1769-1852). |
Participated at the Battle of Jutland. |
Ship's Data |
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Page published Mar. 10, 2007 |