H.M.S. Dreadnought (1906)

Career	Details
HMS Dreadnought
Ordered:	1905
Laid down:	2 October, 1905
Launched:	10 February , 1906
Commissioned:	2 December, 1906
Decommissioned:	1919
Fate:	Scrapped 1923
Specifications
Displacement:	18,420 tons
Length:	527 feet (160 metres)
Beam:	82 feet (25 metres)
Draught:	26 feet (8 metres)
Armour:	Belt: 4 to 11 inch (100 to 280 mm) midship, 2.5 inch (64 mm) at ends Deck: up to 3 inch (75 mm) Turrets: 11 inch (280 mm) Barbettes: up to 11 inch (280 mm) Conning tower: 11 inch (280 mm)
Armament:	10 × BL 12 in / 45 Mark X gun (30.5 cm) in five twin Vickers BIX mountings 27 × BL 12 pounder (4 inch / 102 mm) in single mounts 5 × 18 in (457 mm) Whitehead torpedoes
Propulsion:	Boilers: 18 Babcock & Wilcox 3 drum type Turbines: 4 Parsons geared steam turbines Power: 22,500 shp (17 MW) Speed: 21 knots (39 km/h) Bunkerage: 900/2,900 tons coal, 1,120 tons oil
Range:	6,620 nautical miles (12 260 km) at 10 knots (19 km/h), 4,910 nautical miles (9090 km) at 18.4 knots (34 km/h)
Complement:	695–773

Conception