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HMS Bellerophon |
Type: |
Battleship |
Class: |
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Builder: |
Portsmouth Royal Dockyard Portsmouth, England |
Pennant Number: |
N/A |
Ordered: |
1906 |
Launched: |
July 27, 1907 |
Keel Laid: |
December 6, 1906 |
Commissioned: |
February 20, 1909 |
Fate: |
Sold Nov. 8, 1922 to Slough Trading Company Ltd., resold to German shipbreakers. Towed to Germany and scrapped in 1922. |
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Dimensions, Machinery and Performance |
Length: |
526' |
Engines: |
4 Parsons single reduction steam turbines by Fairfield |
Beam: |
82' 6" |
Boilers: |
18 Babcock & Wilcox (coal fired) |
Draft: |
30' 11" max |
Shafts: |
4 |
Displacement: |
18,600 std. / 22,000 full |
SHP: |
23,000 |
Speed: |
20.75 knots |
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Crew: |
793 |
Range: |
N/A |
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Main Armament |
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Number Carried
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Type
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Arrangement |
Maximum Range / Ceiling |
10 |
12"/45 (305mm) Mk X |
5 twin turrets |
20,435 yards @ 16° (11.6 miles) |
Builder's Data |
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Page published Oct. 24, 2007 |