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Revision as of 21:21, 29 September 2011
| H.M.S. Implacable | |
| Career | Details |
|---|---|
| Ordered: | 1897 Programme |
| Builders: | Devonport Royal Dockyard |
| Laid down: | July, 1898 |
| Launched: | 11 March, 1899 |
| Commissioned: | September, 1901 |
| Fate: | Sold for scrap 8 November, 1921 |
| General Characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 14,658 tons load 15,805 tons deep |
| Length: | 411 ft (126 m) waterline 431 ft 9 in (131 m) overall |
| Beam: | 75 ft (23 m) |
| Draught: | 26 ft 9 in (8.2 m) |
| Propulsion: | Water tube boilers, 2x vertical triple expansion engines, 2 shafts, 15,500 ihp (11.6 megawatts). |
| Speed: | 18 knots |
| Range: | 5,500 nautical miles (approx) at 10 knots (18 km/h). |
| Complement: | 780 |
| Armament: | Four × Mk IX 12 inch guns Twelve × Mk VII 6 inch guns Sixteen × 12-pounder (5.4 kg) guns Six × 3-pounder (1.4 kg) guns Two × machine guns Four × 18-in submerged torpedo tubes |
Commanding Officers
Dates of appointment given:
- Captain Colin R. Keppel, 12 May, 1904.[1]
- Captain Hughes C. Lockyer, 21 August, 1913.[2]
Radio
In 1901, while serving in the Mediterranean, she had or was slated to receive a Marconi W/T kit.[3]
Footnotes
Bibliography
- Dittmar, F.J.; Colledge, J.J. (1972). British Warships 1914–1919. London: Ian Allan.
- Template:BibParkesBritishBattleships
- Preston, Antony (1972). Battleships of World War I. New York, NY: Galahad Books. ISBN 0883653001.
