H.M.S. Illustrious (1896)

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H.M.S. Illustrious
Career Details
Pendant Number: P.97 (April, 1918)
Builder: Chatham Royal Dockyard
Ordered: 1893
Laid down: 11 March, 1895
Launched: 17 September, 1896
Commissioned: 10 May, 1898
Sold: 18 June, 1920
Fate: Scrapped in 1922
General Characteristics
Displacement: 14,560 - 14,890 tons (normal)
15,730 - 16,060 tons (fully loaded)
Length: 390 feet
Beam: 75 feet
Draught: 26 feet 4 inches - 27 feet 6 inches
Propulsion: 2 Shaft Triple Expansion, 4,000 shp. 4 Yarrow boilers
Speed: 16.1 knots
Range: 4,700 miles at 10 knots
Complement: 673
Armament:
  • 4 × BL 12"/35 Mark VIII guns in twin BIII (Whitworth) mountings
  • 2 × BL 9.2"/50 Elswick Pattern 'E' guns in single Mark IX mountings
  • 6 × BL 6"/49 Mark XVIII guns in single Mark IV mountings

Illustrious commissioned at Chatham on 10 May, 1898, Captain Sir Richard Poore in command.[1]

Footnotes

  1. ↑ "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Wednesday, 11 May, 1898. Issue 35513, col E, pg. 9.

Bibliography

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