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Erin Class




Name Builders Laid down Launched Commissioned
Erin V 1st August 1911 3rd September 1913 August 1914


Builders:
V : Vickers, Barrow, United Kingdom

Dimensions:
559' 6" x 91' 7" x 28' 5" / 170.50m x 27.90m x 8.70m

Displacement:
22780 tons std / 25168 tons max

Complement:
1070

Armament:
10 x 13.5"/45 Mk V guns in twin turrets
16 x 6"/50 Mk XI guns in single casemates
6 x 6pdr guns in single mountings
2 x 76mm Mk I guns in single mountings
4 x 21" submerged torpedo tubes

Aircraft Facilities:
None provided

Armour:
Belt : 4" - 12"
13.5" Turrets : 6" - 11"
Deck : 1.5" - 3"
Barbettes : 3" - 10"

Powerplant:
Fifteen Babcock & Wilcox boilers were fitted with four Parsons steam turbines producing total of 26500shp on four shafts.

Maximum speed was 21kts and range at 10kts was 5300NM. Maximum fuel load was 2120 tons coal and 710 tons oil.

Electronics Fit:
Radar:
N/A

Sonar:
None

Other:
N/A

Miscellaneous: