HMS Dominion (1903)
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| Class and type: | King Edward VII class battleship |
| Name: | HMS Dominion |
| Ordered: | 1903 Estimates |
| Builder: | Vickers, Barrow |
| Laid down: | 23 May 1902 |
| Launched: | 25 August 1903 |
| Commissioned: | July 1905 |
| Decommissioned: | 2 May 1918 |
| Fate: | Sold for breaking up, 9 May 1921 |
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| Displacement: | 16,350 tons standard 17,000 tons full (as built) |
| Length: | 453 ft 8 in (138.3 m) |
| Beam: | 78 ft (24 m) |
| Draught: | 25 ft 6 in (7.8 m) |
| Propulsion: | Coal fired (with oil sprayers) water tube boilers two 4-cylinder vertical compound expansion stream engines 2 screws 18,000 hp |
| Speed: | 18.5 kt |
| Range: | 2,000 nmi at 18.5 kt |
| Complement: | 777 |
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HMS Dominion was a Royal Navy battleship of the King Edward VII class, the last to be designed by Sir William White. Like all ships of the class (apart from HMS King Edward VII) she was named after an important part of the British Empire, namely the Dominion of Canada. She has been the only ship of the Royal Navy to bear the name Dominion. In common with her sister ships, she sported a heavy 9.2 inch secondary armament.
She was ordered under the 1902 Naval Estimates and laid down at Vickers' yards at Barrow in Furness on 23 May 1902. She was launched on 25 August 1903 and commissioned in July 1905 at a total cost of £1,453,718.
She was stationed at Rosyth as part of the 3rd Battle Squadron of the Grand Fleet at the outbreak of the First World War. The squadron of eight King Edward VII ships were nicknamed 'the wobbly eight' after their slight tendency to shimmy under way. The squadron was initially used in support of the cruisers on the Northern Patrol. On 29 April 1916 the 3rd Battle Squadron was moved to Sheerness and came under the Nore Command. Dominion was unsuccessfully attacked by German submarine in May 1916 and in June 1917 was under refit at Portsmouth. Throughout March to May 1918 she was the parent ship for the raids on Zeebrugge and Ostend. She entered reserve on 2 May 1918 and was sold for scrapping on 9 May 1921.
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- Careers of the King Edward VII class
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