Iron Duke-class
HMS Marlborough
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1. Dreadnought battleship of the Iron Duke-class consisting of the Iron Duke, Marlborough, Benbow and Emperor of India. Preceded by the King George V-class and succeeded by the Queen Elizabeth-class. General specifications. Displacement of 25.000-29,500 (full load) tons and as dimensions 189,8 x 27,4 x 9,98 metres or 622.9 x 90 x 32.9 feet. The direct drive machinery consisted of 4 shaft Parsons turbines with 18 boilers delivering 29.000 ship allowing a speed of 21,25 knots and with a speed of 10 knots a range of 7.780 nautical miles. Fuel bunker capacity of 3.300 tons/3.200 long tons coals and 1.050 tons/1.030 long tons oil. The crew numbered 995-1.022 men. The armour consisted of a 30,5cm/12” thick belt, 20,32cm/8” thick bulkheads, 6,3cm/2.5” inch decks and the barbettes and turrets protected by respectively 25,4cm/10” en 28cm/11”. The armament consisted of 5x2-34,29cm/13.5” breech loading Mk VII guns on the centreline, 6-15,2cm/6” Ml VII guns in casemates, 2-3” quick firing 20 cwt anti aircraft guns and 4-53,3cm/21” submerged torpedo tubes. Laid down at the Devonport Dockyard on 25 January 1912, launched on 24 October 1912, completed and commissioned in June 1914, removed from active service in 1929, for disposal since May 1932, sold to the Alloa Shipbreaking Company to be broken up in 1932 and arrived for this purpose at Rosyth, Scotland on 25 June 1932.
