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Majestic Class Battleships Class Overview |
Dimensions, Machinery and Performance |
Length: |
413' |
Engines: |
2 three cylinder vertically inverted triple expansion |
Beam: |
75' |
Boilers: |
8 cylindrical (coal fired) 4 furnaces each |
Draft: |
30' max |
Shafts: |
2 |
Displacement: |
14,900 std. |
SHP: |
10,000 |
Speed: |
16.5 knots |
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Crew: |
757 |
Range: |
N/A |
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Armament |
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Number Carried
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Type
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Arrangement |
Maximum Range / Ceiling |
4 |
12'/35 (305mm) Mk VIII |
2 twin turrets |
2,6000 yards @ 30° (14.7 miles) with 875 lb. armor piercing shell |
12 |
6"/40 (152mm) |
single mounts |
10,000 yards @ 15° with 100 lb. HE shell |
16 |
3"/40 (76mm) 12 pounder QF |
single mounts |
11,750 yards @ 40° AA ceiling 19,000' @ 70° |
12 |
1.85"/40 (47mm) 3 pounder QF |
single mounts |
7,900 yards @ 45° AA ceiling 3,600 (effective) |
5 |
18" (450mm) torpedo tubes |
4 submerged 1 above (stern) |
800 yards @ 26.5 knots 118 lb. wet gun cotton warhead |
Name |
Builder |
Launched |
Commissioned |
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Chatham Dockyard, |
Dec. 19, 1894 |
Dec. 1895 |
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Fate |
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Sold for scrap May 19, 1921.
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Name |
Builder |
Launched |
Commissioned |
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Portsmouth Dockyard Portsmouth, England |
Jan. 31, 1895 |
Dec. 1895 |
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Fate |
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Sunk May 27, 1915 by U-21 (torpedo).
Location: Aegean Sea west of Cape Helles, Gallipoli Peninsula, Turkey. 46 crewmen killed. |
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Name |
Builder |
Launched |
Commissioned |
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Portsmouth Dockyard Portsmouth, England |
Aug. 22, 1895 |
Nov. 1896 |
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Fate |
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Sold for scrap Sept. 21, 1921 but, sank Dec. 30, 1921 en route to the breakers
yard in Germany. |
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Name |
Builder |
Launched |
Commissioned |
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Chatham Dockyard, Chatham, England |
Oct. 19, 1895 |
Nov. 1896 |
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Fate |
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Sold for scrap Dec. 19, 1922.
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Name |
Builder |
Launched |
Commissioned |
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John Brown & Co. Ltd Clydebank, Scotland |
Nov. 18, 1895 |
May 1897 |
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Fate |
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Sold for scrap Jan. 15, 1920.
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Name |
Builder |
Launched |
Commissioned |
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Cammell Laird Ltd. Birkenhead, England |
Mar. 30, 1896 |
June 1897 |
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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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Pembroke Dockyard Pembroke, Wales |
Apr. 28, 1896 |
Apr. 1898 |
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Fate |
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Sold for scrap Nov. 8, 1921.
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Name |
Builder |
Launched |
Commissioned |
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Portsmouth Dockyard Portsmouth, England |
Sept. 2, 1896 |
Jan. 1898 |
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Fate |
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Sold for scrap Nov. 8, 1921.
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Name |
Builder |
Launched |
Commissioned |
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Chatham Dockyard, Chatham, England |
Sept. 17, 1896 |
Apr. 1898 |
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Fate |
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Sold for scrap June 18, 1920.
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Class Notes: |
The Majestic Class was the largest battleship class ever built. |
Page revised Mar. 10, 2007 |