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|align="center" colspan="2"|'''H.M.S. ''Venerable'''''
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!style="color: white; height: 30px; background: crimson;"| Career
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!style="color: white; height: 30px; background: crimson;"| Details
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|-
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|Pendant Number:
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|P.97 (April, 1918)
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|-
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|Builder:
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|[[Chatham Royal Dockyard]]
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|-
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|-
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|Laid down:
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|[[2 January]], [[1899]]
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|-
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|Launched:
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|[[2 November]], [[1899]]
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|-
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|Commissioned:
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|[[12 November]], [[1902]]
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|-
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|Sold:
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|[[4 June]], [[1920]]
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|-
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|Fate:
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|Scrapped in Germany
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|-
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!colspan="2" align="center" style="color: white; height: 30px; background: crimson  no-repeat scroll top left;"|General Characteristics
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|-
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|Displacement:
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|14,690 tons (load)<br>15,850 tons (deep draught)
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|-
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|Length:
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|431<small><sup>3</sup><big>⁄</big><sub>4</sub></small> feet (o.a.)
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|-
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|Beam:
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|75 feet
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|-
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|Draught:
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|26 feet 4 inches - 27 feet 6 inches
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|-
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|Propulsion:
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|2 Shaft Triple Expansion, 4,000 shp.  4 Yarrow boilers
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|-
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|Speed:
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|16.1 knots
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|-
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|Range:
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|4,700 miles at 10 knots
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|-
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|Complement:
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|714-733
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|-
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|Armament:
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|
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*4 × BL 12"/35 Mark VIII guns in twin BIII (Whitworth) mountings
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*2 × BL 9.2"/50 Elswick Pattern 'E' guns in single Mark IX mountings
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*6 × BL 6"/49 Mark XVIII guns in single Mark IV mountings
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On [[6 January]], [[1912]] ''Venerable'' went into dry dock at Gibraltar for her annual refit.
 
On [[6 January]], [[1912]] ''Venerable'' went into dry dock at Gibraltar for her annual refit.
  

Revision as of 13:45, 25 October 2008

H.M.S. Venerable
Career Details
Pendant Number: P.97 (April, 1918)
Builder: Chatham Royal Dockyard
Laid down: 2 January, 1899
Launched: 2 November, 1899
Commissioned: 12 November, 1902
Sold: 4 June, 1920
Fate: Scrapped in Germany
General Characteristics
Displacement: 14,690 tons (load)
15,850 tons (deep draught)
Length: 4313⁄4 feet (o.a.)
Beam: 75 feet
Draught: 26 feet 4 inches - 27 feet 6 inches
Propulsion: 2 Shaft Triple Expansion, 4,000 shp. 4 Yarrow boilers
Speed: 16.1 knots
Range: 4,700 miles at 10 knots
Complement: 714-733
Armament:
  • 4 × BL 12"/35 Mark VIII guns in twin BIII (Whitworth) mountings
  • 2 × BL 9.2"/50 Elswick Pattern 'E' guns in single Mark IX mountings
  • 6 × BL 6"/49 Mark XVIII guns in single Mark IV mountings

On 6 January, 1912 Venerable went into dry dock at Gibraltar for her annual refit.

In Command

  • Captain Cuthbert G. Chapman, M.V.O. (1912)
  • Captain Henry G.G. Sandeman (1912)

Template:London Class (1899)

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