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Collingwood

HMS Collingwood

Survived

Royal Navy

TypeDreadnought battleship
ClassSt Vincent
WarFirst World War
Main guns5 × twin 12-inch (305 mm) guns

Fought at Jutland, with the future King George VI aboard as a junior officer.

British battleship HMS COLLINGWOOD, 1912 Photo: Symonds & Co, Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Armament and specifications

Armament

  • 5 × twin 12-inch (305 mm) guns
  • 20 × single 4-inch (102 mm) guns
  • 3 × 18-inch (450 mm) torpedo tubes

Armour

  • Belt: 8–10 inches (203–254 mm)
  • Bulkheads: 5–8 inches (127–203 mm)
  • Deck: .75–3 inches (19–76 mm)
  • Turrets: 11 inches (279 mm)
  • Barbettes: 5–10 inches (127–254 mm)
  • Conning tower: 8–11 in (203–279 mm)
BuilderDevonport Royal Dockyard
Laid down3 February 1908
Launched7 November 1908
Commissioned19 April 1910
Displacement19,700 long tons (20,000 t) (normal)
Length536 ft (163.4 m) (o/a)
Speed21 knots (39 km/h; 24 mph)
Complement758

As built, from the ship's Wikipedia article. Figures there may cover later refits too.

Career

Launched

7 November 1908

31 May – 1 June 1916

Fate

Survived

Sold for scrap, 12 December 1922