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Vanguard (St. Vincent Class)


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Laid down 2nd April 1908
Launched 22nd February 1909
Completed N/A
Commissioned March 1910
Fate See text
Builders Vickers, Barrow
United Kingdom
Complement 760
Dimensions
Displacement 19550 tons std
23050 tons max
Dimensions 536' x 84' x 26' 8"
163.4m x 25.6m x 8.2m
Armament
Guns 10 x 12" (5 x 2)
20 x 4" (20 x 1)
Torpedo tubes 3 x 18"
Other weapons N/A
Countermeasures None
Armour Belt : 10" max
Deck : 3" max
C.T. : 11" max
Turrets : 4" - 11"
Barbettes : 9" max
Aircraft Facilities
Aircraft None
Flightdeck None
Hangar None
Aviation fuel None
Electronics Fit
Radar None
Sonar None
Other N/A
Machinery
Engines 15 x Babcock & Wilcox boilers
4 x Parsons steam turbines
Power output 24500shp
Speed 21.5kts
Shafts 4
Range 4250NM @ 18kts
Fuel 800 tons coal
900 tons oil

In 1915, 8 of the 4" guns were removed.

On 9th July 1917, Vanguard was destroyed by an explosion of unstable cordite at Scapa Flow. There were 97 survivors out of a crew of some 724.