Iron Duke-class battleship

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The Iron Duke-class battleships were a group of British Royal Navy dreadnoughts built in the early 20th century, noted for their role in World War I, including participation in the Battle of Jutland.

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Label Occurrences
Iron Duke-class battleship canonical 5
Iron Duke class 2

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf battleship class ⓘ
dreadnought battleship class ⓘ
armament 10 × 13.5-inch (343 mm) guns ⓘ
6-inch (152 mm) secondary guns ⓘ
torpedo tubes ⓘ
armourScheme belt armour with armoured decks ⓘ
beam about 90 feet ⓘ
builder Beardmore, Dalmuir ⓘ
Devonport Dockyard ⓘ
Portsmouth Dockyard ⓘ
Vickers, Barrow-in-Furness ⓘ
linked to: Vickers-Armstrongs
category Dreadnought battleships ⓘ
World War I battleships of the United Kingdom ⓘ
commissioned 1914 ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
crewComplement approximately 900–1,000 officers and men ⓘ
designedAsImprovementOf King George V-class battleship (1911) ⓘ
linked to: King George V class
designedBy Royal Navy Director of Naval Construction ⓘ
designedFor North Sea fleet operations ⓘ
displacement approximately 25,000 long tons (standard) ⓘ
era early 20th century ⓘ
flagshipOf Grand Fleet (HMS Iron Duke) ⓘ
followedBy Queen Elizabeth-class battleship ⓘ
hullType steel ⓘ
laidDown 1912 ⓘ
length about 622 feet ⓘ
maximumSpeed about 21.25 knots ⓘ
member HMS Benbow ⓘ
HMS Emperor of India ⓘ
HMS Iron Duke ⓘ
HMS Marlborough ⓘ
navalArchitecturalType dreadnought ⓘ
notableEngagement Battle of Jutland ⓘ
notableShip HMS Iron Duke ⓘ
numberOfUnitsBuilt 4 ⓘ
operator Royal Navy ⓘ
participatedIn Battle of Jutland ⓘ
precededBy King George V-class battleship (1911) ⓘ
linked to: King George V class
primaryUser United Kingdom ⓘ
propulsion coal-fired boilers ⓘ
oil-fired boilers (mixed firing) ⓘ
steam turbines ⓘ
role capital ship ⓘ
scrapped interwar period ⓘ
serviceBranch Royal Navy ⓘ
treatyInfluence Washington Naval Treaty ⓘ
usedInConflict World War I ⓘ
World War II ⓘ

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Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

HMS Centurion → followedBy → Iron Duke-class battleship ⓘ
HMS Iron Duke → class → Iron Duke class ⓘ
linked to: Iron Duke-class battleship
King George V class → followedBy → Iron Duke class ⓘ
linked to: Iron Duke-class battleship
HMS Audacious → successorClass → Iron Duke-class battleship ⓘ
Queen Elizabeth-class battleship → precededBy → Iron Duke-class battleship ⓘ
HMS Marlborough → class → Iron Duke-class battleship ⓘ
HMS Emperor of India → class → Iron Duke-class battleship ⓘ