HMS Implacable (1899)

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HMS Implacable (1899)

Career
Ordered:	1897 Programme
Builders:	Devonport Dockyard
Laid down:	July 1898
Launched:	11 March 1899
Commissioned:	September 1901
Refit:	April 1916 at Plymouth
Fate:	Sold for scrap 8 November 1921
Struck:
General Characteristics
Displacement:	14,658 tons load 15,805 tons deep
Length:	411 ft (126 m) waterline 431 ft 9 in (131 m) overall
Beam:	75 ft (23 m)
Draught:	26 ft 9 in (8.2 m)
Propulsion:	Water tube boilers, 2x vertical triple expansion engines, 2 shafts, 15,500 ihp (11.6 megawatts).
Speed:	18 knots
Range:	5,500 nautical miles (approx) at 10 knots (18 km/h).
Complement:	780
Armament:	Four Mk IX 12 inch guns Twelve Mk VII 6 inch guns Sixteen 12 pounder (5.4 kg) guns Six 3 pounder (1.4 kg) guns Two machine guns Four 18 in submerged torpedo tubes
Aircraft:	None
Motto:

HMS Implacable was a Formidable-class battleship of the British Royal Navy. HMS Implacable (1899) was the second of three Royal Navy ships that have been named HMS Implacable.

Following her duties with the Home Fleet's 5th Battle Squadron, HMS Implacable was assigned to the Dover Patrol in late October 1914 to participate in attacks on the Belgian coast. During March 1915 Implacable joined the Dardanelles Squadron to assist in the campaign, and then on 25 April she supported the landings at Helles before being detached to the Adriatic on 22 May in support of the Italian Navy. In November 1915 she detached to Salomika to participate in the blockade of Greece, and then was assigned to Suez Canal patrol until April 1916 when she returned to Plymouth for refit. Implacable was present at the abdication of The King in Athens, and in March 1917 she was paid off to allow the crew to join anti-submarine ships before becoming a depot ship in March 1918.