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Orion Class

Name	Builders	Laid down	Launched	Commissioned
Conqueror	C	5th April 1910	1st May 1911	November 1912
Monarch	A	1st April 1910	30th March 1911	March 1912
Orion	P	29th November 1909	20th August 1910	January 1912
Thunderer	T	13th April 1910	1st February 1911	June 1912

Builders:
A : Armstrong, Elswick, United Kingdom
C : Beardmore, Birkenhead, United Kingdom
P : HM Dockyard, Portsmouth, United Kingdom
T : Thames Iron Works, Blackwall, United Kingdom

Dimensions:
581' x 88' 6" x 24' 11" / 177.10m x 27.00m x 7.60m

Displacement:
22200 tons std / 25870 tons max

Complement:
752

Armament:
10 x 13.5"/45 Mk V guns in twin turrets
16 x 4"/50 Mk VII guns in single casemates
4 x 47mm guns in single mountings
3 x 21" submerged torpedo tubes

Aircraft Facilities:
None provided

Armour:
Belt : 8" - 12"
13.5" Turrets : 4" - 11"
Deck : 1" - 4"
Barbettes : 3" - 10"
C.T. : 11"

Powerplant:
Eighteen Babcock & Wilcox boilers were fitted with four Parsons steam turbines producing a total of 27000shp on four shafts. Maximum speed was 21kts and range at 10kts was 6730NM or 4100NM @ 19kts. Maximum fuel load was 3300 tons coal and 800 tons coal.

Monach only was fitted with Yarrow boilers.

Electronics Fit:
Radar:
None

Sonar:
None

Other:
N/A

Miscellaneous: