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+ | |align="center" colspan="2"|'''HMS ''Vanguard''''' | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | !style="color: white; height: 30px; background: navy;"| Career | ||
+ | !style="color: white; height: 30px; background: navy;"| Details | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |Pendant Number: | ||
+ | |39 (September, 1915) | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |Builder: | ||
+ | |[[Vickers, Limited, Barrow-in-Furness]] | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |Ordered: | ||
+ | |1907 | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |Laid down: | ||
+ | |2 April, 1908 | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |Launched: | ||
+ | |22 February, 1909 | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |Commissioned: | ||
+ | |1 March, 1910 | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |Lost: | ||
+ | |9 July, 1917 | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |Fate: | ||
+ | |Sunk by internal explosion | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | !colspan="2" align="center" style="color: white; height: 30px; background: navy no-repeat scroll top left;"|General Characteristics | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |Displacement: | ||
+ | |19,500 tons (normal)<br> 21,060 (normal, 1917) | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |Length: | ||
+ | |500 feet | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |Beam: | ||
+ | |84 feet | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |Draught: | ||
+ | |28 feet 7 inches | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |Propulsion: | ||
+ | |2 Screw Parsons Turbines, 24,500 shp. 18 Babcock boilers | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |Speed: | ||
+ | |21 knots | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |Range: | ||
+ | |6,900 miles at 10 knots | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |Complement: | ||
+ | |758 | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |Armament: | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | *10 x BL 12"/50 BXI-BXII gunes in five twin Mark BXI mountings | ||
+ | *18 x BL 4"/50 Mark VII guns in single mountings | ||
+ | |} | ||
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+ | '''HMS ''Vanguard''''' (ex-''Rodney'') was a [[HMS St. Vincent Class (1908)|''St. Vincent'']] class dreadnought, built at Vickers in Barrow-in-Furness. Laid down in mid-1908, she completed in early 1910, joining the [[British 1st Battle Squadron|1st Battle Squadron]]. She would serve with this squadron until April, 1916. At the outbreak of war, two 4" turrets on '''A''' turret were removed. On 1 September, 1914 she fired on a suspected enemy submarine at [[Scapa Flow]] in a case of friendly fire. | ||
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+ | At the [[Battle of Jutland]] ''Vanguard'' was in the 4th Division of the [[British 4th Battle Squadron|4th Battle Squadron]] in company with the C-in-C, [[John Rushworth Jellicoe, 1st Earl Jellicoe|Admiral Sir John Jellicoe]] and [[Frederick Charles Doveton Sturdee, 1st Baronet|Vice-Admiral Sir Doveton Sturdee]]. She fired eighty 12" rounds without suffering damage. | ||
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Revision as of 00:41, 27 January 2007
HMS Vanguard | |
Career | Details |
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Pendant Number: | 39 (September, 1915) |
Builder: | Vickers, Limited, Barrow-in-Furness |
Ordered: | 1907 |
Laid down: | 2 April, 1908 |
Launched: | 22 February, 1909 |
Commissioned: | 1 March, 1910 |
Lost: | 9 July, 1917 |
Fate: | Sunk by internal explosion |
General Characteristics | |
Displacement: | 19,500 tons (normal) 21,060 (normal, 1917) |
Length: | 500 feet |
Beam: | 84 feet |
Draught: | 28 feet 7 inches |
Propulsion: | 2 Screw Parsons Turbines, 24,500 shp. 18 Babcock boilers |
Speed: | 21 knots |
Range: | 6,900 miles at 10 knots |
Complement: | 758 |
Armament: |
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HMS Vanguard (ex-Rodney) was a St. Vincent class dreadnought, built at Vickers in Barrow-in-Furness. Laid down in mid-1908, she completed in early 1910, joining the 1st Battle Squadron. She would serve with this squadron until April, 1916. At the outbreak of war, two 4" turrets on A turret were removed. On 1 September, 1914 she fired on a suspected enemy submarine at Scapa Flow in a case of friendly fire.
At the Battle of Jutland Vanguard was in the 4th Division of the 4th Battle Squadron in company with the C-in-C, Admiral Sir John Jellicoe and Vice-Admiral Sir Doveton Sturdee. She fired eighty 12" rounds without suffering damage.