HMS Implacable (1899)
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| Name: | HMS Implacable |
| Ordered: | 1897 Programme |
| Builder: | 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 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Formidable class battleship |
| 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, 2 × vertical triple expansion engines, 2 shafts, 15,500 ihp (11.6 MW) |
| Speed: | 18.0 knots (33 km/h) |
| Range: | 5,500 nautical miles (approx) at 10 knots (18 km/h) |
| Complement: | 780 |
| Armament: | 4 × Mk IX 12-inch (305 mm) guns 12 × Mk VII 6-inch (152 mm) guns 16 × 12 pounder (5.4 kg) guns 6 × 3 pounder (1.4 kg) guns 2 × machine guns 4 × 18 in submerged torpedo tubes |
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 Salonika 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.
HMS Implacable was sold for break-up in 1921.
[edit] References
- Roger Chesneau and Eugene M. Kolesnik, ed., Conway's All The Worlds Fighting Ships, 1860-1905, (Conway Maritime Press, London, 1979), ISBN 0-85177-133-5
- Dittmar, F. J. & Colledge, J. J., "British Warships 1914-1919", (Ian Allen, London, 1972), ISBN 0-7110-0380-7
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