HMS Conqueror (1911)

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The Conqueror during the World War
The Conqueror during the World War
Overview
Type Battleship
Shipyard

W. Beardmore & Co. , Dalmuir , BauNr. 500

Keel laying April 5, 1910
Launch May 1, 1911
Namesake English for "The Conqueror"
Commissioning November 23, 1912
Whereabouts 1922 sold for demolition
Technical specifications
displacement

22,000  ts
maximum: 26,290 ts

length

o.a. 177.0 m (581 ft)

width

26.9 m (88.5 ft)

Draft

8.2 m (27 ft)

crew

Peace: 750 men
War: 1,100 men

drive
speed

21 kn

Range

6730 nm at 10 kn
4110 nm at 19 kn

Armament
  • 10 × 34.3 cm (BL 13.5 "/ 45 Mk. V) guns in twin turrets
  • 16 × 10.2 cm (BL 4 "/ 50 Mk. VII) guns
  • 4 × 3pdr salute guns
  • 3 × 533 mm torpedo tubes
Fuel supply

up to 3,300 tons of coal, 900 tons of oil

Armor
belt armor


up to 300 mm (12 'in' )

The eighth HMS Conqueror of the Royal Navy was a British battleship of the four-ship Orion class . The ships of the class were also referred to in England as super dreadnoughts. For the first time all heavy artillery was on the midship line. For this purpose, a heavier caliber was introduced with the 13.5 inch guns.

Mission history

The Conqueror's keel was laid on April 5, 1910 at W. Beardmore & Co. at their shipyard in Dalmuir , and was launched on May 1, 1911. On November 23, 1912, she was the last ship of the Orion class for the 2nd Division of the 2nd battleship squadron of the Home Fleet put into service.

In the world war

During the First World War , the HMS Conqueror and her sister ships continued to belong to the 2nd battleship squadron of the Grand Fleet stationed in Scapa Flow .

HMS Conqueror

On December 27, 1914, the sister ship rammed Monarch the Conqueror , both ships were severely damaged. After making makeshift repairs in Scapa Flow , they moved to Devonport for full repairs . On January 20, 1915, the Monarch returned to the fleet. The Conqueror failed until March 1915.

In the Skagerrak Battle of May 31, 1916, the four battleships of the Orion class under Rear Admiral Arthur Leveson formed the 2nd Division of the 2nd Battle Squadron of the Grand Fleet. In the evening battle of the battle fleets, the Conqueror scored no hits, but was not hit either. In total, the Monarch fired 57 rounds during the battle.
The Conqueror stayed with the "Grand Fleet", whose battleships, despite several forays into the North Sea, did not enter a battle until the end of the war.

After the war

Due to the Washington Fleet Agreement , the HMS Conqueror was decommissioned and scrapped in 1922.

literature

  • Geoffrey Bennett: The Skagerrak Battle. The biggest sea battle in history (= Heyne-Bücher. 5255). Wilhelm Heyne, Munich 1976, ISBN 3-453-00618-6 .
  • Siegfried Breyer: Battleships and battle cruisers. 1905-1970. License issue. Pawlak, Herrsching 1970, ISBN 3-88199-474-2 .
  • Raymond A. Burt: British Battleships 1889-1904. Naval Institute Press, Annapolis MD 1988, ISBN 0-87021-061-0 .
  • Randolph Pears: British Battleships. 1892-1957. The Great Days of the Fleets. Facsimile edition. G. Cave Associates, London 1979, ISBN 0-906223-14-8 .

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