H.M.S. Neptune
1910
(Navis 106N)
- Class: Neptune - 1 battleship of 1908
- Displacement: 19,900 tons load / 22,000 tons deep load
- Dimensions: 546ft (oa) x 85ft x 27ft
- Machinery: Turbine (Parsons) 4 shafts, 25,000shp = 21 knots
- Armor: Main belt 10-8in, 9in barbettes, turret facess 11in, decks 4-1.75in
- Armament: 10-12in/50cal Mk XI (5x2), 12-4in/50cal Mk VII (12x1); 3-21in TT sub
- Complement: 756
- Builder: Portsmouth Dockyard
- Laid Down: 19 Jan 1909
- Launched: 30 Sep 1909
- Completed: 11 Jan 1911
- Notes: Intended as lead ship of a class of three, but remaining two were given more armor and identified as the Colossus class. First British dreadnought with superfiring guns aft. Flagship Home Fleet from May 1911 to May 1912; joined 1st B.S. and served at Battle of Jutland, firing just 48 12in shells, but credited with several hits on German battlecruiser Lützow. Reduced to reserve shortly after the war and scrapped in 1922.
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