H.M.S. Thunderer (1911)
From The Dreadnought Project
| 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.
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
