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King Edward VII Class Battleships Class Overview |
Dimensions, machinery and performance |
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 |
Name |
Builder |
Launched |
Commissioned |
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Fairfield Shipbuilding & Engineering Ltd. Govan, Scotland |
May 13, 1903 |
Mar. 1905 |
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Fate |
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Sold for scrap Nov. 18, 1921. |
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Name |
Builder |
Launched |
Commissioned |
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Devonport Dockyard Plymouth, England |
July 23, 1903 |
Feb. 1905 |
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Fate |
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Sunk Jan. 6, 1916 by a mine laid by SMS Moewe.
Location: North Atlantic, 10 miles NW of Dounreay, Scotland. (58.42.22N - 03.53.34W) Under tow at time of loss, no casualties. |
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Name |
Builder |
Launched |
Commissioned |
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Vickers, Sons & Maxim Ltd. Barrow-in-Furness, England |
Aug. 25, 1903 |
July 1905 |
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Fate |
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Sold for scrap May 9, 1921 to Thomas W. Ward,
scrapped in Preston, England in 1924-25. |
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Name |
Builder |
Launched |
Commissioned |
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John Brown & Co. Clydebank, Scotland |
Dec. 19, 1903 |
July 1905 |
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Fate |
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Sold for scrap May 9, 1921.
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Name |
Builder |
Launched |
Commissioned |
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New Zealand (later Zealandia) |
Portsmouth Dockyard Portsmouth, England |
Feb. 4, 1904 |
July 1905 |
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Fate |
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Sold for scrap Nov. 8, 1921.
*Renamed Zealandia in 1911 to free the name New Zealand up for the battlecruiser. |
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Name |
Builder |
Launched |
Commissioned |
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Portsmouth Dockyard Portsmouth, England |
Dec. 10, 1904 |
Sept. 1906 |
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Fate |
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Sunk Nov. 9, 1918 by UB-50 (torpedo).
Location: North Atlantic west of Cape Trafalgar, Spain. At least 50 crewmen killed. |
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Name |
Builder |
Launched |
Commissioned |
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Chatham Dockyard Chatham, England |
May 20, 1905 |
Nov. 1906 |
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Fate |
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Sold for scrap June 30, 1920.
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Name |
Builder |
Launched |
Commissioned |
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Devonport Dockyard Plymouth, England |
June 17, 1905 |
Jan. 1907 |
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Fate |
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Sold for scrap Nov. 8, 1921.
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Page revised Feb. 23, 2007 |
