H.M.S. Defence (1907): Difference between revisions

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Career	Details
H.M.S. Defence
Pendant Number:	^[1]
Built By:
Laid down:
Launched:
Commissioned:	9 February, 1909
Sold:
Fate:	Lost at Jutland
Struck:
General Characteristics
Displacement:	16,100 tons (full load)
Length:	490 feet (p.p.) 519 feet (o.a.)
Beam:	75 feet 6 inches
Draught:	25 feet
Propulsion:	2 sets of 4 cylinder triple expansion engines
Speed:	23 knots
Range:	8,150 miles at 10 knots
Complement:	755
Armament:	4 × BL 9.2 in/45 Mk X (30.5 cm) guns on six single Mk V mountings 10 × 7.5 in/50 Mk II or Mk V guns on single Mk II mountings 16 × 12 pdr guns 5 × 18 in (45 cm) Whitehead torpedoes

Defence commissioned at Devonport on 9 February, 1909, for service in the Fifth Cruiser Squadron at the Nore.^[2]

Dates of appointment given:

↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships: 1914-1919. p. 44.
↑ "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Wednesday, 10 February, 1909. Issue 38879, col C, pg. 11.

Dittmar, F.J.; Colledge, J.J. (1972). British Warships 1914–1919. London: Ian Allan.
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 ==Career==
-''Defence'' commissioned at Devonport on 9 February, 1909, for service in the [[Fifth Cruiser Squadon (Royal Navy)|Fifth Cruiser Squadron]] at the Nore.<ref>"Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Wednesday, 10 February, 1909.  Issue '''38879''', col C, pg. 11.</ref>
+''Defence'' commissioned at Devonport on 9 February, 1909, for service in the [[Fifth Cruiser Squadron (Royal Navy)|Fifth Cruiser Squadron]] at the Nore.<ref>"Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Wednesday, 10 February, 1909.  Issue '''38879''', col C, pg. 11.</ref>
 ==Commanding Officers==