Lord Nelson class battleship
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| Class overview | |
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| Name: | Lord Nelson |
| Preceded by: | Swiftsure class |
| Succeeded by: | HMS Dreadnought |
| Completed: | 2 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | Battleship |
| Displacement: | 15,358 tons normal 17,820 tons full load |
| Length: | 443.6 ft (135.2 m) |
| Beam: | 79.6 ft (24.3 m) |
| Draught: | 30 ft (9 m) |
| Propulsion: | 2 shafts vertical triple-expansion steam engines 15 coal fired boilers 16,750 ihp |
| Speed: | 18 knots (33 km/h) |
| Range: | 9,180 nmi (17,000 km) at 10 knots (19 km/h), 2,170 tons coal |
| Armament: | Four 12-inch (305 mm) guns (2 × 2) Ten 9.2-inch (234 mm) guns (4 × 2, 2 × 1) Twenty-four 12-pounders Two 3-pounders Five 18-inch (457 mm) torpedo tubes |
| Armour: | Belt: 12 in (300 mm) Upper belt: 8 in (200 mm) Turret: 12 in (300 mm) Deck: 4 in (100 mm) |
The Lord Nelson class was a class of two battleships built by the Royal Navy between 1905 and 1908. They were made at a time when strategists felt that future battles would be fought at longer ranges. As a result, less attention was paid to secondary and tertiary armaments, which might never be put into use. Armor protection on the other hand was seriously considered since larger projectiles were anticipated in future battles. It was the last class of battleships to be designed by the United Kingdom before the "all-big-gun" Dreadnought revolutionised battleship construction.
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[edit] Design
The Lord Nelson class were the first ships for which Sir Phillip Watts was responsible. These ships were a departure from previous British pre-dreadnought designs. The 6-inch (152 mm) secondary battery was replaced by ten 9.2-inch (234 mm) guns in turrets. Both ships were designed to be short because the design board responsible for the ships wanted them to be able to fit into dry docks, otherwise closed to previous classes. They were also the last British battleships to have reciprocating engines. The ships cost £1,652,000 (about £110 Million in 2005 value)
[edit] Ships
Both ships of the class were launched in 1906 and served in the Mediterranean during World War I, where they were involved in attacks on Turkish forts and support of landings in the Dardanelles Campaign. In November 1918 both ships were part of the first British squadron to pass through the Dardanelles after the Armistice.
- Lord Nelson, built by Palmers Shipbuilding and Iron Company, Jarrow. Laid down 1905, completed 1908. Scrapped 1920
- Agamemnon, built by William Beardmore and Company, Dalmuir. Laid down 1905 completed 1908. Converted into a radio controlled target ship in 1921 and scrapped in 1927.
[edit] References
- Lord Nelson and Agamemnon, K.McBride, in Warship 2005, Conways
- Warrior to Dreadnought, D.K.Brown, 1998, Chatham Publishers
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