DEFENCE
Pre-Dreadaouglit BattlesMps—cowt.
57
Name
CO
V
1904—
3-^
1905 !
/ Lord Nelson \ Aganieinnou
/'Dreaflnouglit
1905— I Invincible-' 1900 j Indomitable -
I Inflexible -
1906- /Bellerophon ^^^^ I Superb
ion7 il ^^- Vincent xyu/— Icollingwood
j Vanguard .
J Neptune .
I Indefatigable 2
23 S ft
Tons
-16.600
190S
1908— 1909
1909— 1910
( Hercules . i Colossus .
New Zealand
17,000 M7,250
\ I
1 /
Armour
cc
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3
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O
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60
pq
inches
inches
12
14
^
' 13
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^1
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f^^S
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cc
u 3
— (U
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s
Knots
4 ]2in.; 10 9-2in. .
/)
16,750
18-5
Dreadnoughts.
18,600
19,250
19,900 18,750
) 20,250
18,800
11
7
11
9i
12 8
12
11 10
10 12in. S 12in.
12 ! 10 12in.
11 10 12in.
23,000 43,000
21
27
3 25,000 3 43,000
3 25,000
3 'J 44,000
^ Battle Cruisers.
,n,P^®^"f.^? Y^° ^ ^^^*®^ ^^ *^'® ^'^(^^Migable named Australia launched 1911, which belongs to the Commonwealth.
12 10
12
10
10 12in. S ]2in.
10 12in.
12in
5 I 23,000 21-5
5 I 24,500 j 22
1 Gift of New Zealand to the Imperial Navy, ordered 1910,
1909- 1910
1910- 1911
'Orion .
Thunderer . Monarch Conqueror .
Lion 1 . ^Princess Royal i
/-King George I Centurion . ,' Ajax . Audacious .
Super-Dreadnoughts.
1911- 1912
12
12
11
10
12 10
10 13 -Sin.
8 13-5in. .
10 13-5in. 8 13-5in. .
^ Queen Mary i
fBenbow Delhi ., . .
A Iron Duke . . ^^")"'^" 2q ^^^
I Marlborough \ Tiger '. 1 Battle Cruisers.
For 1912-13; four armoured ships were provided— Qtceen Elizabeth, War- ^pite, Valmnt and Barham ; also Malaya, gift from the Malay States.
27,000
70,000
31,000 80,000
21 30
21
28
22 30
