Battleships

British "Neptune" Class
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A series of battleships (Neptune, Colossus, Hercules), laid down at the dawn of the centrury. The Colossus and Hecules were laid down in 1910 with minor modifications.
1908-1911 Drawing of Hercules
Technical Data Explanation of data sheets
Built:
Displacement:
Dimensions:
Propulsion:
Max. Speed:
Range:
Crew:		 1908-1911
20,225 / 23,050 ts
155 x 25.9 x 8.2 m
29,300 sHP; 18 Babcok-/Wilcox boilers; 4 Parsons geared turbines
21 kts
6,680 @ 10
900+
Tactical Data
Main Armament:
Secondary:
Minor/AA:
Armour:
Torpedoes:
Searchlights:		 10x305 cal [5x2] 
14x102
4x47; 5 mg
belt: 280
3x530
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Hercules - 1910-05-10: launched at Palmers Iron & Shipbuilding Co. Ltd, Yarrow; 1911-06-08: commissioned and allocated to the Home Fleet; during WWI member of Admiral Burney's  VI. Battlesip Division (Marlborough, Revenge, Hercules, Agincourt) taking part at the Battle of Jutland; survived the war without damagers; 1920: decommissioned, sold and scrapped
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