HMS Dreadnought
Bellerophon-class
St. Vincent-class
Building ordered on 26 December 1906. Building costs 1.744.287 pond sterling. Laid down at Armstrong Whitworth, Elswick, England with yard number 800 on 6 February 1907, launched on 7 November 1907, commissioned on 29 May 1909, completed 19 June 1909, reserve at Sheerness, England on 26 April 1919, decommissioned on 26 March 1920, gunnery target in May 1922, later that same year as target for aircraft attacks and sold to Stanlee Shipbreaking Company, Dover, England to be broken up in December 1922.
Bellerophon-class dreadnoughts consisting of the Bellerophon, Superb and Temeraire preceded by the Dreadnought and succeeded by the St. Vincent-class. General technical class specifications. Displacement 18.800 (load)-22.102 (full load) tons and as dimensions 160,3 (over all) x 25,2 x 8,3 metres or 526 x 83 x 27,2 feet. The direct drive turbines with four shafts and 18 Babcock boilers supplied 27.407ihp allowing a speed of 21,56 knots. With a speed of 10 knots a range of 5.720 nautical miles. Their crew numbered 733 men. The armour consisted of a 12,7-25,4cm/5-10” thick belt. a 1,5-10,2cm/0,5-4” thick deck with the turrets, barbettes and conning tower respectively protected by 28cm/11”, 12,7-22,9cm/5-9” and 20,3-28cm/8-1”. The armament consisted of 5x2-30,48cm/12” breech loading Mk X guns, 16-10,16cm/4” breech loading Mk VIII guns, 4-3pd guns and 3-45cm/18” torpedo tubes.
