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|align="center" colspan="2"|'''HMS ''Bellerophon'''''
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!style="color: white; height: 30px; background: navy;"| Career
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!style="color: white; height: 30px; background: navy;"| Details
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|-
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|Pennant:
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|36 (April, 1918)
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|-
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|Ordered:
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|1909
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|-
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|Laid down:
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|[[13 April]], [[1910]]
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|-
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|Launched:
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|[[1 February]], [[1911]]
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|-
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|Commissioned:
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|[[15 June]], [[1912]]
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|-
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|Decommissioned:
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|1921
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|-
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|Fate:
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|Cadet ship; sold for scrap
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|-
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|Struck:
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|[[17 December]] [[1926]]
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!colspan="2" align="center" style="color: white; height: 30px; background: navy  no-repeat scroll top left;"|General characteristics
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|Displacement:
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|22,200 tons standard/25,870 tons max
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|-
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|Length:
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|581 feet (177.1 m)
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|-
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|Beam:
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|88 feet (26.8 m)
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|-
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|Draught:
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|24 feet (7.3 m)
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|-
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|Propulsion:
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|4 × Parsons Steam turbines<br>18 × Babcock & Wilcox boilers<br>driving 4 shafts creating 27,000&nbsp;hp
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|Speed:
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|20.79&nbsp;kt (trials)
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|Range:
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|6300 NM at 10&nbsp;kt<br>4100 NM at 19&nbsp;kt
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|Complement:
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|752–1100
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|Armament:
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|10 × 13.5&nbsp;in (343&nbsp;mm) guns<br>16 × 4&nbsp;in (102&nbsp;mm) guns<br>4 × 47&nbsp;mm<br>3 × 21&nbsp;in (533&nbsp;mm) torpedo tubes (submerged)
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'''HMS ''Thunderer''''' was a [[dreadnought]] [[battleship]] of the [[Orion Class (1911)|''Orion'' Class]] in the [[Royal Navy]].  Her class was the first of the so-called [[super-dreadnought]] battleships armed with the heavier calibre 13.5-inch guns.
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==In Command==
 
==In Command==
 
*Captain [[Henry Francis Oliver]]
 
*Captain [[Henry Francis Oliver]]

Revision as of 13:38, 24 November 2007

HMS Bellerophon
Career Details
Pennant: 36 (April, 1918)
Ordered: 1909
Laid down: 13 April, 1910
Launched: 1 February, 1911
Commissioned: 15 June, 1912
Decommissioned: 1921
Fate: Cadet ship; sold for scrap
Struck: 17 December 1926
General characteristics
Displacement: 22,200 tons standard/25,870 tons max
Length: 581 feet (177.1 m)
Beam: 88 feet (26.8 m)
Draught: 24 feet (7.3 m)
Propulsion: 4 × Parsons Steam turbines
18 × Babcock & Wilcox boilers
driving 4 shafts creating 27,000 hp
Speed: 20.79 kt (trials)
Range: 6300 NM at 10 kt
4100 NM at 19 kt
Complement: 752–1100
Armament: 10 × 13.5 in (343 mm) guns
16 × 4 in (102 mm) guns
4 × 47 mm
3 × 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes (submerged)

HMS Thunderer was a dreadnought battleship of the Orion Class in the Royal Navy. Her class was the first of the so-called super-dreadnought battleships armed with the heavier calibre 13.5-inch guns.

In Command

Template:HMS Orion Class (1910)

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