HMS Benbow (1913)
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| Career |  |
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| Ordered: | 1911 |
| Laid down: | November 1912 |
| Launched: | 12 November 1913 |
| Commissioned: | 1914 |
| Decommissioned: | 1929 |
| Fate: | Sold for scrap |
| General Characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 21,250 tons |
| Length: | 622 feet 9 inches |
| Beam: | 90 feet |
| Draught: | 32 feet 9 inches |
| Propulsion: | 4 shaft Parsons steam turbines, driving four propellers, 18 Babcock & Wilcox or Yarrow boilers delivering 31,000 hp |
| Speed: | 21.25 knots |
| Range: | 14,000 nm at 10 knots |
| Complement: | 925 |
| Armament: | Main battery: ten 13.5"/45 guns in five twin turrets Secondary battery: twelve 6"/45 guns in single casemate mountings; two 3"/20 anti-aircraft guns |
HMS Benbow was an Iron Duke-class battleship of the Royal Navy, named in honour of Admiral John Benbow and launched in 1913. On 10 December 1913 she joined the 4th Battle Squadron of the Grand Fleet based at Scapa Flow.
In World War I she was the flagship of Admirals Douglas Gamble and Doveton Sturdee. She fought at the battle of Jutland, 31 May 1916.
After the war she served in the Mediterranean, Black Sea and Atlantic until 1929 when she was sold for scrap.
See HMS Benbow for other ships of this name.
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| Iron Duke-class battleship |
| Iron Duke | Marlborough | Benbow | Emperor of India |
| Preceded by: King George V class - Followed by: Queen Elizabeth class |
List of battleships of the Royal Navy |
