HMS Venerable (1899)
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| HMS Venerable (1899) | |
|---|---|
| Career |  |
| Ordered: | |
| Builders: | Chatham Dockyard |
| Keel laid down: | 2 January 1899 |
| Launched: | 2 November 1899 |
| Commissioned: | 12 November 1902 |
| Refit: | Oct - Dec 1915 at Gibraltar |
| Fate: | Sold for scrap 4 June 1920 |
| Struck: | |
| General Characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 15,500 tons (approx) |
| Length: | 431 ft 9 in (131 m) |
| Beam: | 75 ft (23 m) |
| Draught: | 27 ft 5 in |
| Propulsion: | Water tube boilers, 2 x vertical triple expansion engines, 2 shafts, 15,500 ihp (11.6 megawatts) |
| Speed: | 18.0 knots (33 km/h) |
| Range: | 5,500 nautical miles (approx) at 10 knots (18 km/h) |
| Complement: | 760 |
| Armament: | four Mk IX 12 in guns twelve Mk VII 6 in 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 Venerable (1899) was a London class battleship, a sub-class of the Formidable class battleship, and the third to bear the name serving in the British Royal Navy.
Completed on 12 November 1902, initial service as second Flagship of the Mediterranean Fleet.
October 1909 service with Atlantic Fleet after refit.
May 1912, paid off into reserve until the start of World War I when she was transferred to Dover.
May 1915 to Dardanelles, but only spent a short time there before being attached to the Italian fleet at Taranto as a depot ship.
1918 - returned to United Kingdom and spent more time as a depot ship.
June 1920 - sold for breaking up.
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| Formidable-class battleship |
| Formidable | Irresistible | Implacable | London | Bulwark | Venerable | Queen | Prince of Wales |
List of battleships of the Royal Navy |
