H.M.S. Defence (1907)

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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]

Commanding Officers

Dates of appointment given:

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, pg. 11.
  3. Navy List (October, 1915). p. 393h.

See Also

Bibliography

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