HMS Irresistible (1898) - Definition

Career
Ordered:
Laid down:	April 11, 1898
Launched:
Commissioned:	February 4, 1902
Decommissioned:
Fate:	Sunk by mine, March 18, 1915
Struck:
General Characteristics
Displacement:	15,000 tons
Length:
Beam:
Draught:
Propulsion:
Speed:	18 knots
Range:
Complement:	780
Armament:	4 12 inch guns 12 6 inch guns 4 torpedo tubes
Aircraft:	None
Motto:

HMS Irresistible was a Formidable-class battleship of the Royal Navy, built at the Chatham shipyards. During World War I, Irresistible struck a Turkish mine and sank while participating in the final attempt to force the Dardanelles straits on March 18, 1915.

See HMS Irresistible for other ships of this name.