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Revision as of 16:05, 16 September 2012

H.M.S. Defence
Career Details
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

Career

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

Captains

Dates of appointment given:

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships: 1914-1919. p. 44.
  2. "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Wednesday, 10 February, 1909. Issue 38879, col C, p. 11.
  3. Dampier Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 497.
  4. The Navy List (April, 1914). p. 300b.
  5. The Navy List (October, 1915). p. 393h.

Bibliography

  • Dittmar, F.J.; Colledge, J.J. (1972). British Warships 1914–1919. London: Ian Allan.
  • Gray, Randal (editor) (1985). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. London: Conway Maritime Press. (on Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk).


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