H.M.S. Venerable (1899)

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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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