H.M.S. Neptune (1909)

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H.M.S. Neptune
Career Details
Pendant Number: 79 (April, 1918)[1]
Builder: Portsmouth Royal Dockyard
Ordered: 1908 Naval Estimates
Laid Down: 19 January, 1909
Launched: 30 September, 1909
Commissioned: 1 February, 1911
Sold: 1 September, 1922
Fate: Scrapped
General Characteristics
Displacement: 19,680 (loaded condition)
Length: 510 feet
Beam: 85 feet
Draught: 28 feet 6 inches
Propulsion: 4 shaft Parsons turbines, 25,000 shp, 18 Yarrow boilers
Speed: 21 knots
Range: 6,330 miles at 10 knots
Complement: 759
Armament:
  • 10 × BL 12"/50 guns in twin Mark BXI mountings
  • 16 × QF 4"/50 Mark VII guns on single mounts
  • 4 × GF Vickers 3-pdr guns on single mounts
H.M.S. Neptune's Foretop, as seen from abaft.

Alterations

Neptune, along with Thunderer, was one of the first ships fitted with a director, receiving hers in 1911. The prototype may have required some service modification, however, as Neptune was listed as part of the seventeen ship order in 1913.[2]

Commanding Officers

Dates of appointment given:

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919
  2. ↑ The Technical History and Index: Fire Control in HM Ships, pp. 9-10.
  3. ↑ "Naval Appointments" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Tuesday, 7 January, 1919. Issue 41991, col C, pg. 3.

Bibliography

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