HMS Marlborough (1912)
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| Career |  |
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| Ordered: | 1911 |
| Laid down: | January 1912 at Portsmouth dockyard |
| Launched: | 1912 |
| Commissioned: | June 1914 |
| Decommissioned: | |
| Fate: | Sold for scrap |
| Struck: | 1932 |
| General Characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 25,000 tons (normal), 29,500 deep load |
| 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 29,000 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 Marlborough was an Iron Duke-class battleship of the Royal Navy, named in honour of John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough, and launched in 1912. In World War I she served in the 1st Battle Squadron of the Grand Fleet based at Scapa Flow. She fought at the battle of Jutland, 31 May 1916, where she was hit by a torpedo, killing two and injuring two.
In 1919, during the Russian Civil War the Marlborough was on duty in the Black Sea and rescued members of the Russian Imperial Family, including Grand Duke Nicholas and Felix Yusupov.
See HMS Marlborough 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 |
