HMS_Bellerophon_(1907) HMS_Bellerophon_(1907)

HMS Bellerophon (1907) - Definition and Overview

CareerRN Ensign
Ordered:1907
Laid down:
Launched:1907
Commissioned:1909
Decommissioned:1921
Fate:Scrapped 1923
Struck:
General Characteristics
Displacement:18,800 tons; 22,102 tons full load
Length:526ft (160.3m)
Beam:82.5ft (25.2m)
Draught:27.3ft (8.3m)
Propulsion:4 shafts; Parsons Turbines; 18 boilers; 23,000shp
Speed:21 knots
Range:5,720 nautical miles at 10 knots
Complement:733
Armament:10 x 12.0in (305mm); 16 x 4.0in (102mm); 4 x 3pdr (47mm); 3 x 18in (457mm) Torpedo Tubes
Aircraft:None
Motto:

HMS Bellerophon was a dreadnought of the Royal Navy, the lead ship of her class, built in Portsmouth and launched 27 July 1907, and which fought at the Battle of Jutland in 1916.

She entered the reserve fleet in 1919, was sold for scrap in 1921 and finally scrapped in 1923.

See HMS Bellerophon for other ships of this name.


Bellerophon-class battleship
Bellerophon | Superb | Temeraire

List of battleships of the Royal Navy
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