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Revision as of 10:34, 8 February 2007
| HMS Gorgon | |
| Career | Details |
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| Pendant Number: | N.51 |
| Builder: | Armstrong, Elswick |
| Ordered: | 1912 |
| Laid down: | 11 June, 1913 |
| Launched: | 9 June, 1914 |
| Commissioned: | 11 September, 1918 |
| Lost: | 16 September, 1918 |
| Fate: | Sunk by internal explosion |
| General Characteristics | |
| Displacement (normal): | 4,825 tons |
| Length: | 290 feet |
| Beam: | 74 feet |
| Draught: | 16 feet 4 inches |
| Propulsion: | 2 Shaft Triple Expansion, 4,000 shp. 4 Yarrow boilers |
| Speed: | 13 knots |
| Range: | |
| Complement: | 303 |
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