HMS Bellerophon

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Bellerophon, 1907
Type: Battleship ; Armament See notes
Launched : 27 Jul 1907 ; Disposal date or year : 8 Nov 1921
Displacement: Normal displacement 18600 tons (about 22000 full load). tons
Complement: 733 to 793.
Machinery notes: Parsons turbine. 4 screws. Details as Dreadnought. Boilers: 18 Babcock or Yarrow. Designed H.P. 23,000 = 20.75 kts. Coal: normal, 900 tons ; maximum, 2648 tons; 842 tons oil + 170 tons patent fuel. ;
Speed ; 24, 090 = 21 knots ;
Notes:

Aug 1914 Fourth Battle Squadron - Home Fleet.

1919 Gunnery Schools (Turret Drill).

Armament: 10 - 12 inch 45 cal. Dir. Con.; 11 - 4 inch (Tem. & Superb) Dir. Con.; 10 - 4 inch (Bell'n); Dir. Con.; 2 - 4 inch (anti-aircraft B. & T.); 2 - 3 inch (anti-aircraft Sup.); 4 - 3 pdr. 5 M. G.; 1 (landing). Torpedo tubes (18 inch, M. '04): 2 submerged (broadside) Armour (Vertical), (K.C.): 10" - 9" Lower belt; 8" Upper belt; 7" - 6" Lower & upper belts (bow); 5" Belt (stern); 8" After bulkhead; 10" - 9" Barbettes; 11" - " Gunhouses; 11" Fore C.T. (4" tube); 8" After C.T. (4" tube) Armour (Decks), (K. N. C.): 1.75" - .75" Main; 3" - 1.75" Middle; 4" - 1.5" Lower; Special Protec: -' Screens to magazines, boiler and engine rooms