HMS Thunderer

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HMS Thunderer was a British Royal Navy dreadnought battleship of the early 20th century that served during World War I as part of the Grand Fleet.

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HMS Thunderer canonical 1

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Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Royal Navy warship ⓘ
dreadnought battleship ⓘ
armament 10 × 13.5-inch (343 mm) guns in five twin turrets ⓘ
16 × 4-inch (102 mm) secondary guns ⓘ
3 × 21-inch (533 mm) submerged torpedo tubes ⓘ
armour belt up to 12 inches thick ⓘ
deck armour up to 4 inches ⓘ
turret faces up to 11 inches ⓘ
assignedTo Grand Fleet ⓘ
battleHonour Jutland 1916 ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Jutland
beam 88 feet ⓘ
builder Thames Ironworks and Shipbuilding Company ⓘ
builtAt Leamouth, London ⓘ
linked to: Blackwall, London
class Orion-class ⓘ
commissioned 15 June 1912 ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
crew about 680 officers and men ⓘ
about 750 in wartime ⓘ
decommissioned 1921 ⓘ
displacement about 22,200 long tons (standard) ⓘ
about 25,870 long tons (deep load) ⓘ
draught 31 feet ⓘ
era early 20th century ⓘ
fate sold for scrap ⓘ
fleet Grand Fleet ⓘ
homePort Scapa Flow ⓘ
laidDown 13 April 1910 ⓘ
launched 1 February 1911 ⓘ
length 581 feet ⓘ
notableFeature first British class to mount all main guns on the centreline ⓘ
operator Royal Navy ⓘ
participatedIn Battle of Jutland ⓘ
partOf Orion-class battleship ⓘ
pennantNumber originally assigned but not commonly used ⓘ
power about 27,000 shaft horsepower ⓘ
precededBy Colossus-class battleship ⓘ
propulsion coal-fired boilers ⓘ
oil-sprayed coal firing ⓘ
steam turbines ⓘ
range about 6,730 nautical miles at 10 knots ⓘ
role line-of-battle ship ⓘ
scrappedAt Germany ⓘ
servedIn World War I ⓘ
serviceEntry 1912 ⓘ
soldForScrap 1921 ⓘ
succeededBy King George V-class (1911) battleship ⓘ
topSpeed 21 knots ⓘ
type battleship ⓘ
capital ship ⓘ

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

Orion-class battleship → ship → HMS Thunderer ⓘ