Neptune 1911
Neptune 1917
| Name | No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| Neptune | Portsmouth DYd | 19/1/1909 | 30/9/1909 | 1/1911 | sold for BU 9/1922 |
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Displacement normal, t |
19680 |
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Displacement full, t |
22720 |
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Length, m |
166.4 |
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Breadth, m |
25.9 |
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Draught, m |
8.7 |
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No of shafts |
4 |
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Machinery |
Parsons steam turbines, 18 Yarrow boilers |
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Power, h. p. |
25000 |
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Max speed, kn |
21 |
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Fuel, t |
coal 2710 + oil 790 |
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Armour, mm |
belt: 254 - 64, bulkheads: 203 - 102, turrets: 280 (face) - 203 (sides and rear) - 76 (roof), barbettes: 229 (over main deck) - 127 (under main deck), deck: 76 - 19, CT: 280 (face and sides) - 203 (rear) - 76 (roof) |
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Armament |
5 x 2 - 305/50 Mk XI, 16 x 1 - 102/50 BL Mk VII, 4 x 1 - 47/40 Hotchkiss, 3 - 450 TT (2 beam, 1 stern) |
|
Complement |
759 |
Ship project history: Architecture of this battleship not absolutely successful attempt to ensure the maximum side fire power at preservation of bow and stern fire power equal to the first dreadnoughts. This purpose has not been reached, as at shooting on one side powder gases called damages of bridges and superstructures.
Protection: Main belt has 254-mm (tapering to 203-mm at the lower edge) thickness between barbettes "A" and "Y", 178-mm between barbette "A" and stem (last 10-m part from the stem was 64-mm), 64-mm between barbette "Y" and stern; its height was 2,08 m. Upper belt over 254-mm main belt was 203-mm. Both belts closed by fore 127-mm and after 203-mm bulkheads. Second fore 102-127-mm bulkhead was at the end of 178-mm belt. Main deck was 32-mm between barbettes "A" and "Y", 44-mm middle deck with 44-mm slopes closed citadel. Lower deck was 76 mm aft from barbette "Y" and 38-mm fwd from barbette "A". Outer sides of barbettes "P" and "Q" were 254-mm. Funnel uptakes had 25-mm splinter protection.
Modernizations: 1912: raising of fore funnel.
1914: removing of fwd flying bridge.
1915: - 1 - 450 TT (stern)
1916: adding of clinker screen to the fore funnel, enclosing of 102-mm guns by light steel structures.
Naval service: Paid off 1919.
Neptune 1911
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