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Iron Duke Class

Name	Builders	Laid down	Launched	Commissioned
Benbow	B	30th May 1912	12th November 1913	8th November 1914
Emperor Of India	V	31st May 1912	27th November 1913	10th November 1914
Iron Duke	P	12th January 1912	12th October 1912	10th March 1914
Marlborough	D	25th January 1912	24th October 1912	15th July 1914

Builders:
B : Beardmore, Birkenhead, United Kingdom
D : HM Dockyard, Devonport, United Kingdom
P : HM Dockyard, Portsmouth, United Kingdom
V : Vickers, Barrow, United Kingdom

Dimensions:
622' 9" x 90' x 29' 6" / 189.80m x 24.70m x 9.00m

Displacement:
25820 tons std / 29560 tons max

Complement:
995

Armament:
10 x 13.5"/45 Mk V guns in twin turrets
12 x 6"/45 Mk VII guns in single casemates
2 x 3"/20 MkI guns in single mountings
4 x 47mm guns in single mountings
4 x 21" submerged torpedo tubes

Aircraft Facilities:
None provided

Armour:
Belt : 4" - 12"
13.5" Turrets : 5" - 11"
Deck : 1" - 2.5"
Barbettes : 3" - 10"
C.T. : 10"

Powerplant:
Benbow & Iron Duke:-
Eighteen Babcock & Wilcox boilers were fitted with four Parsons steam turbines producing a total of 29000shp on four shafts. Maximum speed was 22.25kts and range at 10kts was 7780NM. Maximum fuel load was 3250 tons coal and 1050 tons oil.

Emperor Of India & Marlborough:-
Eighteen Yarrow boilers were fitted with four Parsons steam turbines producing a total of 29000shp on four shafts. Maximum speed was 22.25kts and range at 10kts was 7780NM. Maximum fuel load was 3250 tons coal and 1050 tons oil.

Electronics Fit:
Radar:
None

Sonar:
None

Other:
N/A

Miscellaneous: