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afterwards, at 15:32, he ordered a course change to east south-east to position himself astride the German's line of retreat and called his ships' crews to action stations. He also ordered the 2nd BCS, which had been leading, to fall in astern of the 1st BCS. Hipper ordered his ships to turn to starboard, away from the British, to assume a south-easterly course, and reduced speed to 18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph) to allow three light cruisers of the 2nd Scouting Group to catch up. With this turn Hipper was falling back on the High Seas Fleet, then about 60 miles (97 km) behind him. Around this time Beatty altered course to the east as it was quickly apparent that he was still far too north to cut off Hipper.

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increased to four inches. The main deck armour was increased to 2.5 inches around the barbettes and was extended 55 feet past the rear barbette. The lower deck armour was decreased from 1.5–2 inches to one inch, both on the flat and slope, except at the ends where it was thickened to 2.5 inches. After Jutland one inch of armour was added to the magazine crowns and the turret roofs with a total weight of 110 long tons (112 t).

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screening for Beatty's ships, detached to pursue the German cruisers, but a misinterpreted signal from the British battlecruisers sent them back to their screening positions. This confusion allowed the German light cruisers to escape, and alerted Hipper to the location of the British battlecruisers. The German battlecruisers wheeled to the northeast of the British forces and made good their escape.

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of the forward conning tower were 10 in (254 mm) thick while the spotting tower had four inches. The roof and floor of both towers were KNC armour 3 inches thick while the conning tower's communication tube was four inches of KNC. The torpedo director tower is 1 inch of nickel steel all around. Nickel steel

623:-class battlecruisers. A number of options for large cruisers were considered for the 1906 Naval Programme, including the X4 design of 22,500 long tons (22,861 t) with 11-inch (280 mm) armour and 25-knot (46 km/h; 29 mph) speed, but in the end this programme consisted only of three ships of the 2276:-class ships were formally known as armoured cruisers until 1911 when they were redesignated as battlecruisers by an Admiralty order of 24 November 1911. Unofficially a number of designations were used until then, including cruiser-battleship, dreadnought cruiser and battle-cruiser. See Roberts, pp. 24–25 2150:

of the 3rd BCS as they were steering east-southeast, leading the Grand Fleet, and continuing to engage Hipper's battlecruisers to their southwest. A few minutes earlier Scheer had ordered a simultaneous 180° starboard turn and Beatty lost sight of them in the haze. Twenty minutes later Scheer ordered

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On 23 January 1915, a force of German battlecruisers under the command of Admiral Franz von Hipper sortied to clear the Dogger Bank of any British fishing boats or small craft that might be there to collect intelligence on German movements. But the British were reading their coded messages and sailed

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was generally 1 in (25 mm) of nickel steel, but increased to 2 inches (51 mm) around the base of the barbettes. The lower deck armour of nickel steel was 1.5 in (38 mm) on the flat and 2 inches thick on the slope, but increased to two inches at the ship's ends. The sides

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beginning at 17:08 during what came to be called the 'Run to the North', but she was not hit, although she was straddled several times. Beatty's ships maintained full speed to try to put some separation between them and the High Seas Fleet and gradually moved out of range. They turned north and then

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began to fire on her as well at 10:31. Two 12-inch shells pierced her armoured deck and exploded in an ammunition room at 10:35. This started a fire amidships that destroyed her two port 21 cm (8.3 in) turrets and the concussion damaged her engines so that her speed had dropped to 17 knots

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to provide cover for their return and to destroy any elements of the Royal Navy that responded to the raid. But what the Germans did not know was that the British were reading the German naval codes and were planning to catch the raiding force on its return journey, although they were not aware that

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at the tip of the Gallipoli peninsula, displacing (but not destroying) 10 guns and killing 86 Turkish soldiers. The most significant consequence was that the attention of the Turks was drawn to strengthening their defences, and they set about expanding the mine field. This attack actually took place

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AA gun on a high-angle Mark II mount that was added during refits in 1914–15. This had a maximum depression of 10° and a maximum elevation of 90°. It fired a 12.5-pound (5.7 kg) shell at a muzzle velocity of 2,500 ft/s (760 m/s) at a rate of fire of 12–14 rounds per minute. They had a

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around the rear turret and almost immediately fell off to starboard and was down by the stern and listing to port. She was hit twice more on the next volley, once on forecastle and on the forward turret, and blew up at about 16:03 when her magazines exploded. The most likely cause of her loss was a

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into the North Sea. The British were able to decode the German radio messages and left their bases before the Germans put to sea. Hipper's battlecruisers spotted the Battlecruiser Fleet to their west at 15:20, but Beatty's ships did not spot the Germans to their east until 14:30. Almost immediately

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had been spotted eight hours earlier, at a leisurely 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph). At 14:30 he received an incorrect signal from the Admiralty stating that Britain was at war with Austria — war would not be declared until 12 August and the order was countermanded four hours later, but Milne

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AA gun on a HA MkIc mounting from October 1914 to the end of 1915. This had a maximum depression of 8° and a maximum elevation of 60°. It fired a 6-pound (2.7 kg) shell at a muzzle velocity of 1,765 ft/s (538 m/s) at a rate of fire of 20 rounds per minute. It had a maximum ceiling of

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were able to break contact and reached Messina by the morning of the 5th. By this time war had been declared, after the German invasion of Belgium, but an Admiralty order to respect Italian neutrality and stay outside a six-mile (10 km) limit from the Italian coast precluded entrance into the

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mounted high in the ship which electrically transmitted training and elevation angles to the gun turrets via pointers, which the turret crewmen had only to follow. The director layer's trigger fired the guns simultaneously which aided in spotting the shell splashes and minimized the effects of the

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located in the Transmitting Station (TS) located beneath each spotting top where it was converted into range and deflection data for use by the guns. The target's data was also graphically recorded on a plotting table to assist the gunnery officer in predicting the movement of the target. Each gun

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of Rear Admiral Mauve's II Battle Squadron were spotted and fire switched to them. The Germans only were able to fire a few rounds at them due to the poor visibility and turned away to the west. The British battlecruisers hit the German ships several times before they blended into the haze around

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were built with a different arrangement. The waterline belt did not extend to the ends, but terminated 60 feet (18.3 m) short of the bow and 55 feet (16.8 m) short of the stern. The sections abreast the barbettes were thickened to 5 inches (127 mm) and the sections at each end were

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was housed in a separate engine-room and drove two shafts. The wing shaft was coupled to the high-pressure ahead and astern turbines and the low-pressure turbines to the inner shafts. Each wing shaft drove a propeller 10 feet 10 inches (3.30 m) in diameter and the propellers on the

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between the funnels, identified as 'P' and 'Q'. 'P' turret was mounted on the port side and normally faced forward, 'Q' turret was mounted on the starboard side and normally faced aft (rearwards). 'P' and 'Q' turrets were staggered—'P' was forward of 'Q', enabling 'P' to fire in a 70° arc to the

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and signalled a report to Beatty. At 12:30 Beatty turned his battlecruisers towards the German ships. Beatty presumed that the German cruisers were the advance screen for Hipper's ships, however, those were some 50 km (31 mi) behind. The 2nd Light Cruiser Squadron, which had been

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The British forces split going around the shallow Southwest Patch of the Dogger Bank; Beatty's ships passed to the north while Warrender passed to the south as they headed west to block the main route through the minefields defending the English coast. This left a 15 nautical miles (28 km;

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This began what was to be called the 'Run to the South' as Beatty changed course to steer east south-east at 3:45, paralleling Hipper's course, now that the range closed to under 18,000 yards (16,000 m). The Germans opened fire first at 15:48, followed almost immediately afterwards by the

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and given blast shields during refits in 1914 and 1915 to better protect the gun crews from weather and enemy action, although two guns were removed at the same time. The guns on their PII* mounts had a maximum depression of 7° and a maximum elevation of 15°. They fired 31-pound (14 kg)

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Admiral Hipper set sail on 15 December 1914 for another such raid and successfully bombarded several English towns, but British destroyers escorting the 1st BCS had already encountered German destroyers of the High Seas Fleet at 5:15 and fought an inconclusive action with them. Vice Admiral

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shells. At 16° elevation, the range was extended to 20,435 yd (18,686 m) using the more aerodynamic, but slightly heavier 4 crh AP shells. The rate of fire of these guns was 1–2 rounds per minute. The ships carried a total of 880 rounds during wartime for 110 shells per gun.

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directly to his front. He turned in pursuit, but reduced her to a flaming hulk in only three salvos at a range under 6,000 yards (5.5 km). At 13:10 Beatty turned north and made a general signal to retire. Shortly after turning north, Beatty's main body encountered the crippled

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roll on the dispersion of the shells. A gun within the 'Y' turret was also equipped with transmitters so that, as a backup, it could function as a "directing gun", but there was no provision for the gun battery to be split between the main director and this directing gun. The

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was belatedly ordered on 8 November 1914 to join with several Japanese cruisers off Mexico to resume the hunt for the German cruisers. By this time, the German squadron had made its way to the South Atlantic, and in early December was destroyed by a British squadron in the

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where it was better protected, had an improved field of vision and direct access to the primary conning position. The rear Transmitting Station was also deleted and the forward TS was consequently enlarged. Their 'A' turrets were built with the improvements listed above.

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type. A number of options were considered for the 1907–08 programme, ranging from 18,100 long tons (18,390 t) to 21,400 long tons (21,743 t), but in the end battleships were again favoured and no battlecruisers were ordered until the subsequent programme year.

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spotted smoke bearing west-northwest. Ten minutes later she had closed the range enough to identify German torpedo boats and engaged them. Beatty turned west upon hearing the sounds of gunfire and spotted the German battlecruisers only 8,500 yards (7,800 m) away.

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in attempt to secure the naval defence of the Dominions while the Royal Navy concentrated in home waters to meet the German threat. While the scheme was rejected by Canada and South Africa, Australia and New Zealand subscribed, each ordering a modified version of the

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had been specifically tasked to relay messages between the destroyers and Beatty. Warrender attempted to pass on Shark's message to Beatty at 07:36, but did not manage to make contact until 07:55. Beatty reversed course when he got the message and dispatched

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sortied in response to the British attacks. They turned south at full speed at 11:35 AM when the British light forces failed to disengage on schedule and the rising tide meant that German capital ships would be able to clear the bar at the mouth of the

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met the barbette of X turret while the forward bulkhead was 3–4 inches (76–102 mm) in thickness. The gun turrets and barbettes were protected by 7 in (178 mm) of armour, except for the turret roofs which used 3 in (76 mm) of

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by having each Dominion purchase a 'fleet unit' of one battlecruiser, three light cruisers and six destroyers. Only Australia fully acceded to the idea, forming the Royal Australian Navy, but New Zealand agreed to fund one battlecruiser. A modified

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in accordance with Beatty's standing instructions. The range had grown too far for accurate shooting so Beatty altered course four points to port to close the range again between 16:12 and 16:15. By this time the 5th Battle Squadron of four

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of 29 ft 9 in (9.1 m) at deep load. They displaced 18,500 long tons (18,800 t) at load and 22,130 long tons (22,490 t) at deep load, over 1,500 long tons (1,524 t) more than the earlier ships. They had a

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during the Battle of Heligoland Bight operation on 28 August 1914. Beatty's ships had originally been intended as distant support of the British cruisers and destroyers closer to the German coast in case large units of the

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low-order explosion in 'X' magazine that blew out her bottom and severed the control shafts between the steering engines and the steering gear, followed by the explosion of her forward magazines from the second volley.

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projectiles at a muzzle velocity of 2,864 ft/s (873 m/s); this gave a maximum range of 11,600 yd (10,600 m). Their rate of fire was 6–8 rounds per minute. They were provided with 100 rounds per gun.

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20:40. After this Beatty changed course to south-southeast and maintained that course, ahead of both the Grand Fleet and the High Seas Fleet, until 02:55 the next morning when the order was given to reverse course.

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s signalman misinterpreted the signal, thinking that it was intended for the whole squadron, and thus transmitted it to Goodenough, who ordered his ships back into their screening positions ahead of Beatty's

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were slightly more powerful at 44,000 shp (32,811 kW). They were designed for 25.8 knots (47.8 km/h; 29.7 mph), but all three bettered 26 knots (48 km/h; 30 mph) during trials.

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that was sprayed on the coal to increase its burn rate. At full capacity, the ships could steam for 6,690 nautical miles (12,390 km; 7,700 mi) at a speed of 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph).

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main belt ran from stem to stern; it was 6 inches (152 mm) thick for the middle 298 feet (91 m) of the ship, but was reduced to 4 inches (102 mm) abreast the end 12-inch gun barbettes and

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was ordered as the lone battlecruiser of the 1908–9 programme. Her outline design was prepared in March 1908, and the final design was approved in November 1908. This design was essentially an enlarged

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was initially assigned to the 1st Cruiser Squadron of the Home Fleet upon her commissioning in 1911. She was transferred to the 2nd Battlecruiser Squadron in the Mediterranean Fleet in December 1913.

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17 mi) gap between them through which the German light forces began to move. At 12:25, the light cruisers of the II Scouting Group began to pass the British forces searching for Hipper.

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in February 1912. She returned to Portsmouth the following December and was assigned again to the Home Fleet. She made a number of port visits to France and Russia before the war began.

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of 2.5-inch thickness were fitted abreast the magazines and shell rooms. The funnel uptakes were protected with 1.5 inches of nickel steel on the sides and 1 inch on the ends.

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remained visible and was quickly crippled by fire from the squadron. But Beatty was distracted from the task of finishing her off by the sudden appearance of the elderly light cruiser

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which had passed Cape Matapan on the 7th steering north-east." Milne still did not believe that Souchon was heading for the Dardanelles, and so he resolved to guard the exit from the

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at the northern exit of the Straits of Messina, still expecting the Germans to break out to the west where they could attack French troop transports; he stationed the light cruiser

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and they badly damaged his leading ships. Scheer ordered yet another 180° turn at 19:13 in an attempt to extricate the High Seas Fleet from the trap in which he had sent them.

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ahead of her and slightly further east. The German fire was accurate from the beginning, but the British overestimated the range as the German ships blended into the haze.

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turret had its own transmission equipment and the turrets, Transmitting Stations, and spotting tops could be connected in almost any combination. Firing trials against

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another 180° turn which put them on a converging course again with the Grand Fleet, which had altered course itself to the south. This allowed the Grand Fleet to

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was fitted with a 9-foot rangefinder at the rear of the turret roof and it was equipped to control the entire main armament during a refit between 1911 and 1914.

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s was weaker than that of their predecessors as the armour was reduced in thickness in a number of places, but it was spread out to a greater extent.

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so that Beatty could not communicate with his ships that caused the rest of the battlecruisers, temporarily under the command of Rear-Admiral Sir

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ordered the first British attack on the Dardanelles following the opening of hostilities between Turkey and Russia. The attack was carried out by

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were built with a different arrangement. The spotting top on the main mast was deleted and an armoured spotting tower was built instead into the

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afterwards. The fast battlecruisers would actually conduct the bombardment while the entire High Seas Fleet was to station itself east of

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was one such advance. It combined the functions of the Dumaresq and the range clock and a simplified version, the Mk I, was fitted to the

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on 24 January 1915 and proceeded to Malta to refit. Having completed her refit she sailed to England on 14 February where she joined the

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The guns could initially be depressed to −3° and elevated to 13.5°, although the turrets were modified to allow 16° of elevation during

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while remaining unengaged herself. By 15:54 the range was down to 12,900 yards (11,800 m) and Beatty ordered a course change two

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to attack her. But due to a combination of a mistake by Beatty's flag lieutenant in signalling and heavy damage to Beatty's flagship

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almost immediately after she was commissioned in June 1913 to assume her duties as the first flagship of the Royal Australian Navy.

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on 12 December 1917 and was under repair through the following month. She was present at the internment of the High Seas fleet at

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was retained in European waters as a wholly RN unit. Eventually, only one fleet unit was formed, the Australian squadron in 1913.

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and her escorts at about 07:00, but could not transmit the message until 7:25. Admiral Warrender received the signal, as did

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The German Navy had decided on a strategy of bombarding British towns on the North Sea coast in an attempt to draw out the

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in 1907 revealed this system's vulnerability to gunfire as the spotting top was hit twice and a large splinter severed the

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in Australian waters where she helped to secure the German Pacific colonies and searched, unsuccessfully, for the German

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The ships carried approximately 3,200 long tons (3,251 t) of coal, and an additional 850 long tons (864 t) of

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s rear turret and started a fire among the practice targets stowed there that completely enveloped the ship and caused

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on 22 April. It was assigned to Admiral Beatty's Battlecruiser Fleet which had put to sea to intercept a sortie by the

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Fire control technology advanced quickly during the years immediately preceding World War I and the development of the

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rejoined the 2nd BCS on 9 June 1916 as the squadron flagship, but there was little significant naval activity for the

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to intercept them with a larger force of British battlecruisers under the command of Admiral Beatty, which included

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of 2,725 ft/s (831 m/s); at 13.5°, this provided a maximum range of 16,450 m (17,990 yd) with

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They spent most of the war patrolling the North Sea, and participated in most of the battles there, although only

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had steadied on their course when the Germans opened fire. The British formation was echeloned to the right with

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inner shafts were 10 feet 3 inches (3.12 m) in diameter. The turbines were powered by thirty-one

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after the other, faster, battlecruisers had switched targets to the German battlecruisers. After about an hour

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Beatty ordered his battlecruisers to make all practicable speed to catch the Germans before they could escape.

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s during refits in 1915–16. The more important development was the director firing system. This consisted of a

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to turn west, kept the battlecruisers at Malta until shortly after midnight on 8 August, when he set sail for

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starboard side and 'Q' to likewise fire towards the port side. These were the same guns as those mounted in

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followed his standing orders to guard the Adriatic against an Austrian breakout attempt, rather than seek

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British. The British ships were still in the process of making their turn as only the two leading ships,

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and thinned still further to 2.5 inches (64 mm) at the ends of the ship. A 4.5 inches (114 mm)

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on the morning of 4 August 1914 headed east after a cursory bombardment of the French Algerian port of

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were the slowest of Beatty's ships and gradually fell behind the newer and faster battlecruisers, but

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before she exploded, taking 1017 men with her. The only two survivors were rescued by the German

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on 3 November had been partially successful, but a larger-scale operation was devised by Admiral

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of the Royal Navy, but sacrificed armour protection and one turret from the main battery for a 4-

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maximum effective ceiling of 23,500 ft (7,200 m). It was provided with 500 rounds.

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that will make your mouth water when you see it", a design that was to eventually emerge as

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upon her return on 15 March 1920 into reserve. She was sold for scrap on 19 December 1922.

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based on lessons learned in firing trials conducted during 1907. The thickness of the main

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opened fire at 20:20, followed almost immediately by the rest of Beatty's battlecruisers.

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10,000 ft (3,050 m), but an effective range of only 1,200 yards (1,097 m).

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and all wiring running along the mast. To guard against this possibility 'A' turret of

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spent much uneventful time at sea after Jutland waiting for the next appearance of the

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achieved by a lengthening of the hull. Like its predecessor, the design resembled the

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and hit her five times before she turned west to disengage. Shortly after 20:30 the

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The following table gives the build details and purchase cost of the members of the

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order that his ships should not be allowed to go to sea unless assured of victory.

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had been crippled earlier in the battle and was under fire from the light cruisers

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leading the Australian Squadron into Simpson Harbour, Rabaul on 12 September 1914

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This was successful and the British lost sight of the Germans until 20:05 when

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naval force of note in the Pacific. During this hunt, she was attached to the

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An additional 4-inch gun was fitted in the surviving ships during 1917 as an

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class. Whilst standard British practice at that time was for these costs to

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s first action was as part of the battlecruiser force under the command of

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to recoal. All three battlecruisers had problems with their boilers, but

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were present when the former was destroyed by a magazine explosion. Both

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where they could observe the port directly. Milne therefore stationed

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was engaging enemy destroyers although Beatty had not. The destroyer

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s received their director equipment between mid-1915 and May 1916.

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positioned in the superstructure. All of the guns were enclosed in

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the High Seas Fleet would be at sea as well. Admiral Beatty's

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before she capsized and sank at 12:07 after being torpedoed.

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remained in the Mediterranean until she was relieved by

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Pursuant to the terms of the 432:(7.4 km/h; 4.6 mph) speed advantage. 3329:. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. 3112:. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. 3093:. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. 3074:. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. 1986:in the rear and the furthest to the west, and 540:was still under repair after a collision with 3553: 3403: 2715:Brassey's Naval Annual 1914, pp. 192–199, 206 1625: 2823: 1768:, but Beatty did not, despite the fact that 3043: 1789:was being shelled at 09:00. Beatty ordered 1551: 3560: 3546: 3410: 3396: 2640:The Director Firing Handbook, 1917. p. 88. 2077:battleships had close up and was engaging 1709:Raid on Scarborough, Hartlepool and Whitby 895:; note the interrupted screw of the breech 755: 3522:List of battlecruisers of the Royal Navy 3126: 3107: 2195: 2042: 1941:On 31 May 1916 the 2nd BCS consisted of 1821: 1795: 1558: 1165: 1162: 1159: 1154: 1151: 971: 883: 788:of 4.78 feet (1.5 m) at deep load. 775:length of 590 ft (179.8 m), a 719: 600:only lasted two years more before being 3343: 3324: 3302: 3229: 3181: 3145: 2191: 1734:, now reduced to four ships, including 1536:which did not happen until 6 November. 1389:, encountered the German battlecruiser 4828: 3272: 2522: 2520: 2316:, which is often used in German works. 2308:The times used in this section are in 1702: 925:4 in (102 mm) BL Mk VII guns 696:, rather than the originally proposed 584:and the Dominions after the war while 488:where she pursued the German warships 3541: 3391: 3066: 2789: 2787: 2547: 2545: 2528:"British 4"/50 (10.2 cm) BL Mark VII" 2501: 2499: 2497: 1532:had been made by Britain against the 568:, but that had been forbidden by the 3204:The Royal Australian Navy, 1914–1918 3200: 3110:Jutland: An Analysis of the Fighting 3091:British Battleships of World War One 3088: 2203:sinking after being scuttled in 1924 2018:was hit by two or three shells from 1930: 1758:spotted the German armoured cruiser 1693:and she was sunk by two salvos from 441:was the only ship of the class, but 4786:One or more completed after the war 2889: 2517: 2454: 1785:when Beatty received messages that 1325:* = estimated cost, including guns 779:of 80 ft (24.4 m), and a 13: 4841:Indefatigable-class battlecruisers 3363:Admiralty, Gunnery Branch (1917). 2784: 2542: 2494: 1873:by 09:35. She continued to engage 1570:Following the declaration of war, 1328: 850:BL 12-inch (305 mm) Mk X guns 704:became a ship of the newly formed 462:design was chosen rather than the 207:22,130 long tons (22,490 t) ( 14: 4862: 3375: 3153:. 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(1978). 2586:. navweaps.com. 16 May 2008 2312:, which is one hour behind 2185:pre-dreadnought battleships 2177:concentrated their fire on 1632:Battle of Heligoland (1914) 1510:pre-dreadnought battleships 1318: 1305: 1302: 1299: 1265: 1257: 1254: 1251: 1217: 1214: 1211: 1208: 1205: 843: 16:British battlecruiser class 10: 4867: 4236:Destroyer flotilla leaders 3258:. New York: Random House. 1945:(Flagship of Rear Admiral 1934: 1825: 1811:spotted the light cruiser 1732:1st Battlecruiser Squadron 1706: 1629: 1626:Battle of Heligoland Bight 1616:2nd Battlecruiser Squadron 1546:2nd Battlecruiser Squadron 1366: 1279: 1231: 1189: 1175: 530:Battle of Heligoland Bight 378:: 2.5 in (64 mm) 221:590 ft (179.8 m) 4773: 4750: 4678: 4588: 4565: 4537: 4468: 4420: 4293: 4234: 4172: 4068: 4024: 4004: 3942: 3875: 3799: 3695: 3573: 3517: 3491: 3463: 3428: 1869:was able to open fire on 1461:. 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London: Frank Cass. 2706:Campbell (1978), p. 14 2551:Campbell (1978), p. 13 2204: 2051: 1801: 1567: 1395:and the light cruiser 982: 950:QF 6 pounder Hotchkiss 896: 812:in five boiler rooms. 736: 4836:Battlecruiser classes 3473:Royal Australian Navy 3422:-class battlecruisers 3278:British Battleships, 3184:Warships of Australia 3174:The Naval Annual 1914 2985:Tarrant, pp. 149, 157 2679:Roberts, pp. 109, 112 2376:The Naval Annual 1923 2250:Royal Australian Navy 2232:on 21 November 1918. 2199: 2046: 1888:s forward turret and 1822:Battle of Dogger Bank 1799: 1614:was sent to join the 1562: 1103:Krupp cemented armour 1051:fire-control director 975: 923:consisted of sixteen 887: 723: 706:Royal Australian Navy 590:Royal Australian Navy 532:and the inconclusive 514:Royal Australian Navy 500:as they fled towards 407:Royal Australian Navy 84:Royal Australian Navy 4808:Single ship of class 3177:. London: Brassey's. 3089:Burt, R. A. (1986). 3021:Tarrant, p. 178, 224 3012:Tarrant, pp. 177–178 2744:"HMAS Australia (I)" 2192:Post-Jutland careers 2132:Prinzregent Luitpold 2065:shifted her fire to 1923:fired 147 shells at 1744:Sir George Warrender 1006:Vickers range clocks 909:armour-piercing (AP) 852:in four BVIII* twin 807:Babcock & Wilcox 480:when the war began. 401:which served in the 3382:Dreadnought Project 2976:Tarrant, p. 130–138 2949:Massie, pp. 595–600 2886:Massie, pp. 385–406 2877:Massie, pp. 376–384 2859:Massie, pp. 342–343 2850:Massie, pp. 333–334 2841:Massie, pp. 109–113 2724:Parkes, pp. 513–517 2442:Roberts, pp. 76, 80 2289:squadron; however, 1703:Raid on Scarborough 1592:Maximilian von Spee 1489:, unaware that the 796:Each paired set of 658:Imperial Conference 4070:Protected cruisers 2940:Tarrant, pp. 89–90 2913:Tarrant, pp. 80–85 2649:Roberts, pp. 92–93 2613:Roberts, pp. 90–91 2469:Roberts, pp. 81–84 2433:Roberts, pp. 70–75 2424:Roberts, pp. 43–44 2345:Lambert, pp. 64–67 2336:Roberts, pp. 28–29 2205: 2052: 1802: 1576:East Asia Squadron 1568: 1530:declaration of war 1199:Devonport Dockyard 983: 958:17.7-inch (450-mm) 921:secondary armament 897: 810:water-tube boilers 786:metacentric height 737: 637:was approved, the 576:conducted Admiral 518:East Asia Squadron 4821: 4820: 3981:Duke of Edinburgh 3944:Armoured cruisers 3579:Seaplane carriers 3535: 3534: 3250:Massie, Robert K. 3217:on 4 October 2009 3186:. 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(1914). 3165: 3159: 3143: 3137: 3124: 3118: 3105: 3099: 3086: 3080: 3064: 3058: 3039: 3036: 3033: 3032: 3023: 3014: 3005: 2996: 2987: 2978: 2969: 2960: 2951: 2942: 2933: 2931:Tarrant, p. 85 2924: 2915: 2906: 2897: 2888: 2879: 2870: 2868:Tarrant, p. 34 2861: 2852: 2843: 2834: 2822: 2813: 2804: 2795: 2783: 2781:Carlyon, p. 47 2774: 2765: 2756: 2735: 2726: 2717: 2708: 2699: 2690: 2681: 2672: 2663: 2651: 2642: 2633: 2624: 2622:Roberts, p. 91 2615: 2606: 2597: 2575: 2553: 2541: 2516: 2514:Roberts, p. 97 2507: 2505:Roberts, p. 83 2493: 2471: 2462: 2460:Preston, p. 26 2453: 2451:Roberts, p. 76 2444: 2435: 2426: 2417: 2415:Roberts, p. 28 2408: 2368: 2356: 2354:Roberts, p. 29 2347: 2338: 2328: 2327: 2325: 2322: 2319: 2318: 2301: 2278: 2264: 2263: 2261: 2258: 2222:collided with 2193: 2190: 1979:Princess Royal 1935:Main article: 1932: 1929: 1826:Main article: 1823: 1820: 1777:to search for 1707:Main article: 1704: 1701: 1644:Admiral Beatty 1630:Main article: 1627: 1624: 1594:, was wary of 1580:Central Powers 1556: 1555:in the Pacific 1550: 1534:Ottoman Empire 1496:On 3 November 1455:Constantinople 1367:Main article: 1364: 1354: 1330: 1327: 1321: 1320: 1317: 1312: 1307: 1304: 1301: 1298: 1295: 1286: 1278: 1277: 1272: 1264: 1259: 1258:November 1912 1256: 1253: 1250: 1247: 1238: 1230: 1229: 1224: 1216: 1213: 1210: 1207: 1204: 1201: 1196: 1188: 1187: 1184: 1181: 1174: 1173: 1167: 1164: 1161: 1158: 1153: 1150: 1143:the armament. 1121: 1118: 1063: 1060: 969: 966: 845: 842: 802:steam turbines 793: 790: 771:. They had an 757: 754: 724: 717: 714: 666:light cruisers 613: 610: 528:including the 478:United Kingdom 399:battlecruisers 382: 381: 380: 379: 373: 367: 361: 355: 349: 341: 337: 336: 335: 334: 329:2 × submerged 327: 321: 313: 309: 308: 305: 301: 300: 293: 289: 288: 281: 277: 276: 269: 265: 264: 263: 262: 251: 243: 239: 238: 235: 231: 230: 227: 223: 222: 219: 215: 214: 213: 212: 205: 192: 188: 187: 182: 178: 177: 173: 172: 169: 165: 164: 161: 157: 156: 153: 149: 148: 145: 141: 140: 137: 133: 132: 129: 125: 124: 119: 115: 114: 106: 102: 101: 93: 89: 88: 87: 86: 73: 58: 54: 53: 47: 43: 42: 41:Class overview 38: 37: 29: 15: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 4863: 4852: 4849: 4847: 4844: 4842: 4839: 4837: 4834: 4833: 4831: 4824: 4813: 4810: 4807: 4804: 4801: 4797: 4794: 4791: 4788: 4785: 4782: 4779: 4776: 4775: 4772: 4766: 4763: 4761: 4758: 4757: 4755: 4753: 4749: 4743: 4740: 4736: 4735: 4731: 4729: 4728: 4724: 4722: 4721: 4717: 4715: 4714: 4710: 4708: 4707: 4703: 4702: 4701: 4698: 4696: 4695: 4691: 4689: 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3863: 3861: 3860: 3856: 3854: 3853: 3849: 3847: 3846: 3842: 3840: 3839: 3835: 3833: 3832: 3828: 3826: 3825: 3821: 3819: 3818: 3814: 3812: 3811: 3807: 3806: 3804: 3802: 3798: 3792: 3791: 3787: 3785: 3784: 3780: 3778: 3777: 3773: 3771: 3770: 3766: 3764: 3763: 3759: 3757: 3756: 3752: 3750: 3749: 3748:King George V 3745: 3743: 3742: 3738: 3736: 3735: 3731: 3729: 3728: 3724: 3722: 3721: 3717: 3715: 3714: 3710: 3708: 3707: 3703: 3702: 3700: 3698: 3694: 3688: 3687: 3683: 3681: 3680: 3676: 3674: 3673: 3669: 3667: 3666: 3662: 3660: 3659: 3655: 3653: 3652: 3648: 3646: 3645: 3641: 3639: 3638: 3634: 3632: 3631: 3627: 3625: 3624: 3620: 3618: 3617: 3613: 3611: 3610: 3606: 3604: 3603: 3599: 3597: 3596: 3592: 3590: 3589: 3585: 3584: 3582: 3580: 3576: 3572: 3563: 3558: 3556: 3551: 3549: 3544: 3543: 3540: 3528: 3525: 3523: 3520: 3519: 3516: 3510: 3508: 3504:Followed by: 3503: 3501: 3499: 3495:Preceded by: 3494: 3493: 3490: 3484: 3483: 3479: 3478: 3476: 3474: 3462: 3456: 3455: 3451: 3449: 3448: 3447:Indefatigable 3444: 3443: 3441: 3439: 3427: 3423: 3421: 3420:Indefatigable 3413: 3408: 3406: 3401: 3399: 3394: 3393: 3390: 3383: 3380: 3379: 3369: 3365: 3361: 3357: 3355:1-86019-917-8 3351: 3347: 3342: 3338: 3336:1-55750-068-1 3332: 3328: 3323: 3319: 3317:0-85177-245-5 3313: 3309: 3305: 3301: 3297: 3295:1-55750-075-4 3291: 3287: 3283: 3279: 3275: 3274:Parkes, Oscar 3271: 3267: 3265:0-679-45671-6 3261: 3257: 3256: 3251: 3247: 3243: 3241:0-7146-4216-9 3237: 3233: 3228: 3216: 3212: 3211: 3206: 3205: 3199: 3195: 3193:0-7270-0472-7 3189: 3185: 3180: 3176: 3175: 3170: 3166: 3162: 3160:0-385-60475-0 3156: 3152: 3148: 3144: 3140: 3138:0-85177-130-0 3134: 3130: 3125: 3121: 3119:0-87021-324-5 3115: 3111: 3106: 3102: 3100:0-87021-863-8 3096: 3092: 3087: 3083: 3081:1-55750-315-X 3077: 3073: 3069: 3065: 3061: 3059:0-7146-5460-4 3055: 3050: 3049: 3042: 3041: 3027: 3018: 3009: 3000: 2991: 2982: 2973: 2964: 2955: 2946: 2937: 2928: 2919: 2910: 2901: 2892: 2883: 2874: 2865: 2856: 2847: 2838: 2829: 2827: 2817: 2808: 2799: 2790: 2788: 2778: 2769: 2763:Massie, p. 39 2760: 2745: 2739: 2730: 2721: 2712: 2703: 2694: 2685: 2676: 2667: 2658: 2656: 2646: 2637: 2628: 2619: 2610: 2601: 2585: 2579: 2563: 2557: 2548: 2546: 2529: 2523: 2521: 2511: 2502: 2500: 2498: 2481: 2475: 2466: 2457: 2448: 2439: 2430: 2421: 2412: 2405: 2401: 2397: 2394:; but in the 2393: 2389: 2385: 2383: 2382:Indefatigable 2377: 2372: 2363: 2361: 2351: 2342: 2333: 2329: 2315: 2311: 2305: 2294: 2293: 2288: 2282: 2275: 2274:Indefatigable 2269: 2265: 2257: 2255: 2251: 2247: 2243: 2239: 2235: 2231: 2227: 2226: 2221: 2217: 2213: 2212:Indefatigable 2209: 2202: 2198: 2189: 2186: 2182: 2181: 2176: 2172: 2168: 2163: 2162: 2156: 2154: 2149: 2148: 2143: 2139: 2134: 2133: 2128: 2124: 2122: 2118: 2115: 2111: 2110: 2105: 2101: 2094: 2090: 2089: 2084: 2080: 2076: 2074: 2068: 2064: 2057: 2056:Indefatigable 2049: 2048:Indefatigable 2045: 2041: 2039: 2038: 2034: 2030: 2029:Indefatigable 2026: 2021: 2017: 2016:Indefatigable 2013: 2009: 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1430:Indefatigable 1427: 1426: 1421: 1416: 1412: 1408: 1404: 1403:Philippeville 1400: 1399: 1394: 1393: 1388: 1385: 1381: 1380: 1375: 1374:Indefatigable 1370: 1363: 1359: 1353: 1351: 1348:set sail for 1347: 1343: 1339: 1335: 1334:Indefatigable 1326: 1306:21 June 1913 1300:23 June 1910 1294: 1290: 1285: 1284: 1280: 1252:20 June 1910 1246: 1242: 1237: 1236: 1232: 1200: 1195: 1194: 1193:Indefatigable 1190: 1179: 1144: 1142: 1139: 1138:Indefatigable 1135: 1131: 1127: 1126:Indefatigable 1117: 1114: 1110: 1106: 1104: 1100: 1095: 1091: 1087: 1082: 1078: 1073: 1069: 1068:Indefatigable 1059: 1057: 1056:Indefatigable 1052: 1048: 1047:Indefatigable 1044: 1039: 1036: 1035:conning tower 1032: 1028: 1024: 1022: 1021:Indefatigable 1018: 1014: 1013: 1007: 1003: 999: 992: 991:Indefatigable 988: 980: 979: 974: 965: 963: 962:torpedo tubes 959: 954: 951: 947: 942: 938: 937:anti-aircraft 933: 930: 926: 922: 917: 914: 910: 906: 902: 894: 893: 886: 882: 880: 878: 873: 871: 866: 865: 859: 855: 851: 841: 838: 833: 830: 826: 822: 815: 814:Indefatigable 811: 808: 803: 800:direct-drive 799: 789: 787: 782: 778: 774: 770: 768: 763: 762:Indefatigable 753: 751: 750: 744: 743: 742:Indefatigable 734: 732: 722: 713: 711: 707: 703: 699: 695: 694:Indefatigable 690: 686: 682: 678: 674: 672: 667: 663: 659: 655: 654: 648: 644: 640: 636: 635:Indefatigable 631: 628: 627: 622: 618: 617:Indefatigable 609: 607: 603: 599: 595: 591: 587: 583: 579: 575: 571: 567: 563: 559: 555: 551: 550:Indefatigable 547: 543: 539: 535: 531: 527: 523: 519: 515: 511: 507: 503: 499: 498: 493: 492: 487: 486:Mediterranean 483: 482:Indefatigable 479: 475: 470: 468: 466: 461: 460:Indefatigable 456: 452: 451: 446: 445: 440: 439: 438:Indefatigable 433: 431: 427: 423: 419: 417: 412: 408: 404: 400: 396: 392: 390: 389:Indefatigable 377: 374: 371: 370:Conning tower 368: 365: 362: 359: 356: 353: 350: 347: 344: 343: 342: 339: 338: 332: 328: 326: 322: 320: 316: 315: 314: 311: 310: 306: 303: 302: 298: 294: 291: 290: 286: 282: 279: 278: 274: 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