H.M.S. Vanguard
1917
(Navis 107N)
- Class: St. Vincent - 3 battleships of 1907
- Displacement: 20,000 tons
- Dimensions: 520 (wl) 536 (oa) x 84 x 28 ft.
- Machinery: Turbine (Parsons) 4 shafts, S.H.P. 24,500 = 21 knots
- Armor: Main belt 11 in., turrets 8 in.
- Armament: 10-12in/50cal Mk XI (5x2), 12-4in/50cal QF (12x1); 3-18in TT
- Complement: 753
- Builder: Vickers Armstrong, Barrow-in-Furness
- Laid Down: 2 Apr 1908
- Launched: 22 Feb 1909
- Completed: 1 Mar 1910
- Notes: Third class of 12in-gunned British dreadnoughts. Completed with secondary armament of 20 4in, with two guns each atop four turrets, as in Superb, but these were removed by 1914/15. Service: 1914, 1st B.S. 1916, 4th B.S. Jutland. 9 Jul 1917 sunk by internal explosion at Scapa FLow. Sisters St. Vincent and Collingwood.
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