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early on the morning of 31 May 1916 in support of Hipper's battlecruisers which were to act as bait. Room 40 had again intercepted and decrypted German radio traffic containing plans of the operation, so the
Admiralty ordered the Grand Fleet to sortie the night before to cut off and destroy the High
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connected the waterline and upper armour belts to the 'A' barbette. Similarly the aft bulkhead connected the armour belts to 'Y' barbette, although it was 8 inches thick. The exposed faces of the barbettes were protected by armour 10 inches (254 mm) thick above the main deck that thinned to 3–7
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about 300 feet per second (91 m/s) lower than the Mark XI gun, which greatly reduced the wear in the barrel. Despite the reduction in velocity, the gun's range was about 2,500 yards (2,286 m) greater because the much heavier 13.5-inch shell retained its velocity longer than the lighter and
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concurred and stipulated that the Grand Fleet would not sortie unless the German fleet was attempting an invasion of
Britain or there was a strong possibility it could be forced into an engagement under suitable conditions. Along with the rest of the Grand Fleet, they sortied on the afternoon of 23
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Jellicoe. According to pre-war doctrine, the role of the Grand Fleet was to fight a decisive battle against the German High Seas Fleet. This grand battle was slow to happen, however, because of the
Germans' reluctance to commit their battleships against the superior British force. As a result, the
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The four armoured decks ranged in thickness from 1 to 4 inches (25 to 102 mm) with the greater thicknesses outside the central armoured citadel. The front and sides of the conning tower were protected by 11-inch plates, although the roof was 3 inches thick. The spotting tower behind and above
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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. The turrets, transmitting stations, and control positions could be connected in almost any combination. As a backup, two turrets in
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were installed aboard each ship. Additional deck armour was added after the Battle of
Jutland in May 1916. Around the same time, three or four 4-inch guns were removed from the aft superstructure. By April 1917, the ships had exchanged a 4-inch AA gun for one of the 3-inch guns. One or two
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guns. Four of these guns were in exposed mounts on the shelter deck and the remaining guns were enclosed in unshielded single mounts in the superstructure. The guns had a maximum elevation of +15° which gave them a range of 11,400 yd (10,424 m). They fired 31-pound (14.1 kg)
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The Grand Fleet sortied on 18 August 1916 to ambush the High Seas Fleet while it advanced into the southern North Sea, but a series of miscommunications and mistakes prevented
Jellicoe from intercepting the German fleet before it returned to port. Two light cruisers were sunk by German
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with fourteen dreadnoughts and eight pre-dreadnoughts would reinforce Hipper. The ships of both sides departed their bases on 15 December, with the
British intending to ambush the German ships on their return voyage. The British mustered the six dreadnoughts of the 2nd BS (Vice-Admiral
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April 1918 after radio transmissions revealed that the High Seas Fleet was at sea after a failed attempt to intercept the regular
British convoy to Norway. The Germans were too far ahead of the British to be caught, and no shots were fired. The sisters were present at
588:(DNO)'s insistence on sighting hoods in the roofs of turrets and Jellicoe's obsession with boat-handling arrangements. These unsatisfactory layouts reduced firepower, prejudiced torpedo protection and probably added to cost. As DNO and then as
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were installed by 1916 to allow full elevation. They fired 1,250-pound (567 kg) projectiles, some 400 pounds (180 kg) more than those of the 12-inch Mark XI, at a muzzle velocity of 2,500 ft/s (760 m/s) at a rate of two
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The screening forces of each side blundered into each other during the early morning darkness and heavy weather of 16 December. The
Germans got the better of the initial exchange of fire, severely damaging several British
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were coupled to the high-pressure turbines in the outer engine rooms and these exhausted into low-pressure turbines in the centre engine room which drove the inner shafts. The turbines used steam provided by 18
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350:(RN) in the early 1910s. The first 13.5-inch-gunned (343 mm) battleships built for the RN, they were much larger than the preceding British dreadnoughts and were sometimes termed "
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received a small rangefinder on the roof of 'B' turret in 1914; the other ships may also have had one installed. That same year the shelter-deck guns of the sisters were enclosed in
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class were almost a "clean-slate" design driven by the need to accommodate the larger guns and additional armour. The guns were positioned all on the centreline of the
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five times, significantly damaging her. The sisters were not heavily engaged during the battle, with none of them firing more than 57 rounds from their main guns.
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during the operation, prompting
Jellicoe to decide to not risk the major units of the fleet south of 55° 30' North due to the prevalence of German submarines and
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was needed to deal with the longer ranges at which combat was expected to occur and the need for greater penetration and destructive effect. The Mark V gun had a
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s exceeded their designed speed and horsepower. They carried a maximum of 3,300 long tons (3,353 t) of coal and an additional 800 long tons (813 t) of
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Mark V guns in five hydraulically powered, centreline, twin-gun turrets, designated 'A', 'B', 'Q', 'X' and 'Y' from front to rear. The guns had a maximum
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on the dispersion of the shells. While the exact dates of installation are uncertain, all four ships were equipped with a director by
December 1915.
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s activities between January 1912 and May 1916. This article assumes that the ship participated in the activities of the 2nd BS as Burt notes for
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with thicknesses ranging from 1 to 1.75 inches (25 to 44 mm). The boiler uptakes were protected by 1–1.5-inch (25–38 mm) armour plates.
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and historian, commented on the whole fiasco: "It is amazing that it took so long to attain a satisfactory arrangement, which was caused by the
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instead. In 1923, she was converted into a target ship and was used to test the effects of bombs and shells, until she was sunk in early 1925.
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as the Grand Fleet was returning to Scapa Flow in heavy weather and poor visibility. The latter ship required less than a month of repairs but
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to Portsmouth and relieved her as flagship in mid-1921 and the latter ship was again temporarily recommissioned to transport troops.
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was the last surviving ship and was sold in late 1926. On her way to the scrapyard, she ran aground at the entrance to the Port of
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served the longest, acting as a training ship from 1921 until she, too, was sold for scrap in late 1926. While being towed to the
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becoming the squadron flagship. By the end of 1919, the 3rd BS had been disbanded and the sisters had been transferred to the
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projectiles at a muzzle velocity of 2,821 ft/s (860 m/s). They were provided with 150 rounds per gun. Four
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the conning tower had 6-inch sides and the torpedo-control tower aft had 3-inch sides and a 2-inch roof. Like the
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had her secondary armament reduced to eight guns during her February–May 1921 conversion into a training ship.
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must accept much of the blame for the unsatisfactory layout of the earlier ships."
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could not be further developed and that a new gun of an increased
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for the aft main turrets. The idea had been pioneered by the
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of 8-inch armour. The forward oblique 6-inch (152 mm)
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once each, lightly damaging them, and the battlecruiser
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in mid-December using the four battlecruisers of the
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mechanical computer and electrically transmitted to
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s forward turrets after being used as a target ship
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832:
772:class was equipped with ten 45-
531:, an arrangement first used in
3988:Ship classes of the Royal Navy
2531:. London: Brockhampton Press.
2412:A Naval History of World War I
2172:. 18 March 1920. pp. 707a
1822:
1808:
1799:
1790:
1763:
1754:
1745:
1736:
975:that protected the engine and
636:of 581 feet (177.1 m), a
599:
303:: 1–4 in (25–102 mm)
1:
1925:Brooks 2005, pp. 157–158, 175
1000:. By October 1914, a pair of
663:The ships retained the three
2199:National Library of Scotland
2166:National Library of Scotland
2140:National Library of Scotland
2114:National Library of Scotland
1816:The Sight Manual ADM 186/216
1730:
690:. They were rated at 27,000
612:-class battleship, probably
475:Anglo-German naval arms race
461:and subsequently broken up.
439:and was sunk in early 1925.
266:13.5-inch (343 mm) guns
168:581 ft (177.1 m) (
7:
3936:Grouping of several classes
3924:All completed after the war
2945:Pre-dreadnought battleships
2450:
2325:Campbell, N. J. M. (1986).
1026:on 'B' and 'X' turrets and
809:(1.9 in (47 mm))
725:
234:(39 km/h; 24 mph)
10:
4009:
3380:Destroyer flotilla leaders
2460:. New York: Random House.
1620:of the Home Fleet by May,
1494:was in the centre and the
1459:
1419:1st Battlecruiser Squadron
1353:
1292:Prince Louis of Battenberg
1281:Parliamentary Naval Review
1220:
1077:
897:Dreyer Fire-control Tables
586:Director of Naval Ordnance
327:: 11 in (280 mm)
309:: 11 in (280 mm)
18:
3917:
3894:
3822:
3732:
3709:
3681:
3612:
3564:
3437:
3378:
3316:
3212:
3168:
3148:
3086:
3019:
2943:
2839:
2717:
2666:
2640:
2604:
2388:Friedman, Norman (2011).
2090:. The Dreadnought Project
2041:Tarrant, pp. 54–55, 57–58
1907:. The Dreadnought Project
1712:Burt gives no account of
1185:
1152:
1118:
1086:
1071:Cost (including armament)
902:
272:4-inch (102 mm) guns
137:
45:
30:
2527:Tarrant, V. E. (1999) .
1876:Brooks 1996, pp. 163–165
1849:Friedman 2011, pp. 97–98
1828:Friedman 2011, pp. 49–52
1751:Parkes, pp. 510, 525–526
1699:
1039:
757:Aft main-gun turrets of
624:booms have been removed.
431:for use as a stationary
160:(22,274 t) (normal)
3983:Orion-class battleships
2841:Dreadnought battleships
1984:Burt, pp. 146, 148, 150
1934:Burt, pp. 134, 136, 139
1670:Washington Naval Treaty
1095:HM Dockyard, Portsmouth
1005:anti-aircraft (AA) guns
861:coincidence rangefinder
750:smaller 12-inch shell.
386:, their service during
370:, sometimes serving as
344:dreadnought battleships
1858:Brooks 1995, pp. 40–41
1628:at Portland, although
1613:
1578:
1573:-class battleships in
1514:fired at the crippled
1471:
1435:Friedrich von Ingenohl
1409:and her sister ships,
1317:s took part in a test
1252:
1002:QF 3-inch (76 mm)
971:s eliminated the anti-
924:
849:
765:
625:
506:
147:Dreadnought battleship
16:Royal Navy battleships
2480:British Battleships,
2231:. London: Routledge.
2227:Brooks, John (2005).
2020:Goldrick, pp. 200–214
1742:Friedman 2015, p. 111
1694:Blyth, Northumberland
1605:
1577:formation, after 1915
1568:
1469:
1228:
940:Krupp cemented armour
910:
840:
756:
607:
497:
465:Background and design
342:were a group of four
278:21-inch (533 mm)
3952:Single ship of class
2306:Burt, R. A. (1986).
2068:Halpern, pp. 330–332
1403:Sir George Warrender
1367:organisation at the
1365:Signals intelligence
1331:Imperial German Navy
1279:participated in the
1229:From left to right,
1010:flying-off platforms
869:Vickers range clocks
735:13.5-inch Mark V gun
632:-class ships had an
405:the following year.
2553:Dreadnought Project
1894:Brooks 1996, p. 168
1561:Subsequent activity
1300:President of France
1128:Armstrong Whitworth
1046:
848:formation, May 1917
761:, about 1911 while
739:12-inch Mark XI gun
732:breech-loading (BL)
564:behind the forward
384:action of 19 August
360:2nd Battle Squadron
3978:Battleship classes
3214:Protected cruisers
2598:-class battleships
2032:Burt, pp. 148, 150
2011:Tarrant, pp. 28–30
1993:Massie, pp. 19, 69
1943:Burt, pp. 136, 139
1885:Brooks 2005, p. 48
1867:Brooks 2005, p. 61
1796:Burt, pp. 136, 140
1614:
1579:
1472:
1421:(Vice-Admiral Sir
1253:
1247:steam through the
1045:Construction data
1044:
967:-class ships, the
925:
850:
798:secondary armament
766:
688:water-tube boilers
626:
608:Aerial view of an
574:Board of Admiralty
540:United States Navy
507:
378:in late 1914, the
352:super-dreadnoughts
340:-class battleships
207:water-tube boilers
3965:
3964:
3125:Duke of Edinburgh
3088:Armoured cruisers
2723:Seaplane carriers
2679:
2678:
2452:Massie, Robert K.
2399:978-1-84832-100-7
2380:978-1-84832-225-7
1462:Battle of Jutland
1456:Battle of Jutland
1265:second-in-command
1218:
1217:
1161:William Beardmore
1099:29 November 1909
1074:
973:torpedo bulkheads
380:Battle of Jutland
333:
332:
93:Succeeded by
57:-class battleship
4000:
3416:Thornycroft (or
2706:
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2403:
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2362:
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1769:Brown, pp. 41–42
1767:
1761:
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1743:
1740:
1724:
1718:
1710:
1611:
1394:Franz von Hipper
1385:I Scouting Group
1304:Raymond Poincaré
1205:1 February 1911
1194:Thames Ironworks
1175:1 December 1912
1072:
1047:
1043:
948:armoured citadel
706:). During their
692:shaft horsepower
683:propeller shafts
618:gunnery director
254:738–1,107 (1917)
218:4 × shafts; 2 ×
202:(20,000 kW)
72:
70:
69:
35:
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4007:
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3968:
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3966:
3961:
3942:converted from
3913:
3890:
3818:
3728:
3705:
3677:
3608:
3560:
3433:
3374:
3312:
3208:
3164:
3144:
3082:
3015:
2996:King Edward VII
2954:Royal Sovereign
2939:
2927:Queen Elizabeth
2835:
2713:
2710:
2680:
2675:
2662:
2636:
2600:
2592:
2549:
2539:
2520:
2506:Preston, Antony
2498:
2468:
2422:
2400:
2381:
2359:
2345:Corbett, Julian
2337:
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2285:Brown, David K.
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1398:High Seas Fleet
1358:
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1223:
1124:
1105:2 January 1912
1102:20 August 1910
1042:
989:
923:under way, 1918
905:
858:Barr and Stroud
835:
829:were provided.
825:, for which 20
747:muzzle velocity
728:
602:
582:naval architect
558:tripod foremast
467:
193:Installed power
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3432:
3431:
3425:Admiralty (or
3422:
3413:
3406:
3399:
3392:
3384:
3382:
3376:
3375:
3373:
3372:
3365:
3358:
3351:
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3322:
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1423:David Beatty
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270:16 × single
198:27,000
153:Displacement
97:
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3958:Conversions
3630:Abercrombie
3623:Marshal Ney
3502:Admiralty M
3418:Shakespeare
3010:Lord Nelson
2857:Bellerophon
2850:Dreadnought
1911:12 February
1500:line astern
1373:Scarborough
1335:Grand Fleet
1323:July Crisis
1214:£1,885,145
1211:£1,892,823
1181:£1,860,648
1178:£1,891,164
1172:1 May 1911
1148:£1,886,912
1145:£1,888,736
1114:£1,918,773
763:fitting out
665:engine-room
622:torpedo net
600:Description
529:gun turrets
526:superfiring
513:Dreadnought
505:battleships
451:ran aground
449:, the ship
437:target ship
388:World War I
242:6,730
80:Preceded by
3972:Categories
3944:Courageous
3734:Submarines
3691:Racecourse
3637:Lord Clive
3507:Hawthorn M
3439:Destroyers
3341:Pathfinder
3300:Challenger
3118:Devonshire
3072:Courageous
3051:Queen Mary
3030:Invincible
2975:Formidable
2864:St Vincent
2830:Vindictive
2201:. London:
2168:. London:
1575:line ahead
1476:Jade Bight
1431:destroyers
1377:Hartlepool
1327:Scapa Flow
1111:1,855,917
873:deflection
844:at sea in
817:submerged
708:sea trials
702:; 24
590:Controller
348:Royal Navy
251:Complement
215:Propulsion
74:Royal Navy
3878:Aubrietia
3808:Swordfish
3327:Adventure
3293:Highflyer
3003:Swiftsure
2913:Iron Duke
2906:Agincourt
2753:Ark Royal
2631:Thunderer
2624:Conqueror
2478:(1990) .
2347:(1997) .
1731:Citations
1690:Thunderer
1678:Conqueror
1658:Thunderer
1652:followed
1650:Conqueror
1638:Thunderer
1592:Admiralty
1569:The four
1552:SMS
1545:SMS
1538:SMS
1534:Wiesbaden
1521:Wiesbaden
1519:SMS
1512:Thunderer
1508:Conqueror
1450:Conqueror
1439:Conqueror
1415:Conqueror
1369:Admiralty
1308:Thunderer
1296:Thunderer
1273:Thunderer
1245:Conqueror
1237:Thunderer
1188:Thunderer
1155:Conqueror
1057:Laid down
1034:Thunderer
1024:Thunderer
1020:Conqueror
998:casemates
993:Conqueror
981:magazines
956:bulkheads
944:barbettes
933:waterline
920:Musketeer
916:destroyer
886:prototype
881:Thunderer
854:mainmasts
842:Conqueror
827:torpedoes
807:3-pounder
782:gunsights
778:elevation
698:(39
654:deep load
650:long tons
646:displaced
560:with its
542:in their
511:HMS
486:HMS
459:refloated
455:Thunderer
447:scrapyard
442:Thunderer
414:Conqueror
392:North Sea
372:flagships
319:Bulkheads
313:Barbettes
264:5 × twin
158:long tons
122:Completed
117:1912–1922
109:1909–1912
62:Operators
38:Thunderer
3711:Gunboats
3614:Monitors
3550:Talisman
3517:Yarrow M
3403:Marksman
3396:Faulknor
3355:Boadicea
3348:Sentinel
3279:Arrogant
3265:Powerful
3184:Arethusa
3139:Minotaur
3111:Monmouth
2961:Majestic
2878:Colossus
2774:Raven II
2767:Campania
2746:Engadine
2719:Aircraft
2647:Colossus
2486:Vanguard
2484:1860 to
2454:(2003).
2444:13614571
2432:(1919).
2410:(1995).
2369:(2015).
2287:(1999).
2209:31 March
2176:17 March
2146:17 March
2120:17 March
2094:10 March
1547:Markgraf
1488:Scotland
1484:Cromarty
1417:and the
1285:Spithead
1257:Division
1062:Launched
1053:Builder
965:Colossus
914:and the
865:Dumaresq
726:Armament
716:fuel oil
669:Colossus
594:Jellicoe
480:Colossus
259:Armament
130:Scrapped
85:Colossus
3871:Anchusa
3603:Cricket
3556:V and W
3334:Forward
3286:Pelorus
3237:Eclipse
3230:Astraea
3203:Emerald
3159:Hawkins
3132:Warrior
3078:Admiral
2968:Canopus
2934:Revenge
2871:Neptune
2816:Nairana
2809:Pegasus
2802:Furious
2795:Manxman
2739:Riviera
2732:Empress
2617:Monarch
2482:Warrior
1721:Monarch
1682:Monarch
1646:Monarch
1644:joined
1634:Monarch
1630:Monarch
1607:Monarch
1584:U-boats
1526:Monarch
1446:Monarch
1411:Monarch
1361:Room 40
1339:Admiral
1269:Monarch
1241:Monarch
1221:Careers
1165:Dalmuir
1132:Elswick
1121:Monarch
1082:Parkes
1029:Monarch
815:21-inch
774:calibre
673:Parsons
658:ratings
648:21,922
642:draught
570:derrick
535:Neptune
488:Neptune
424:Monarch
403:reserve
362:of the
354:". The
307:Turrets
185:Draught
156:21,922
3909:Mersey
3904:Castle
3864:Arabis
3857:Azalea
3850:Acacia
3844:Flower
3838:Cadmus
3824:Sloops
3724:Insect
3672:Erebus
3651:Gorgon
3644:Humber
3596:TB 114
3589:TB 109
3410:Parker
3369:Active
3362:Blonde
3307:Topaze
3272:Diadem
3223:Apollo
3097:Cressy
3065:Renown
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