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==Construction== | ==Construction== | ||
| + | The fear of Great Britain being overtaken by Imperial Germany in the building of dreadnought battleships created an uproar in Britain. In response to the famous cry [[We want eight, and we won't wait]], the [[Royal Navy]] in its 1909 Navy Estimates planned for two dreadnoughts, four super-dreadnoughts and two battle cruisers with a similarly heavy main armament. The estimates were made public in March, 1909. On Christmas Day the names of the ships of the construction programme were announced, ''Thunderer'' being the names allocated to one of the super-dreadnoughts. | ||
| + | The Mayor of Poplar, J.E. Le Manquais, along with Members of Parliament (including [[John Henry Bethell, 1st Baron Bethell]]) made numerous deputations for a vessel of the new programme to be built on the Thames. [[Thames Iron Works Shipbuilding and Engineering Company]] was invited to tender for one of the ships. In early December the tender was provisionally accepted | ||
==In Command== | ==In Command== | ||
Revision as of 10:42, 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.
Construction
The fear of Great Britain being overtaken by Imperial Germany in the building of dreadnought battleships created an uproar in Britain. In response to the famous cry We want eight, and we won't wait, the Royal Navy in its 1909 Navy Estimates planned for two dreadnoughts, four super-dreadnoughts and two battle cruisers with a similarly heavy main armament. The estimates were made public in March, 1909. On Christmas Day the names of the ships of the construction programme were announced, Thunderer being the names allocated to one of the super-dreadnoughts.
The Mayor of Poplar, J.E. Le Manquais, along with Members of Parliament (including John Henry Bethell, 1st Baron Bethell) made numerous deputations for a vessel of the new programme to be built on the Thames. Thames Iron Works Shipbuilding and Engineering Company was invited to tender for one of the ships. In early December the tender was provisionally accepted
In Command
- Captain Henry Francis Oliver
- Captain Guy Reginald Arthur Gaunt
- Captain Thomas Jackson
- Captain James Andrew Fergusson
- Captain Colin Mackenzie, C.I.E., D.S.O.
- Captain Oliver Elles Leggett, C.B.
- Captain Hubert Seeds Monroe
