hms benbow (1913)

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rdered:	1911
aid down:	November 1912
aunched:	12 November 1913
ommissioned:	1914
ecommissioned:	1929
ate:	Sold for scrap
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isplacement:	21,250 tons
ength:	622 feet 9 inches
eam:	90 feet
raught:	32 feet 9 inches
ropulsion:	4 shaft Parsons Turbines, driving four propellers, 18 Babcock & Wilcox or Yarrow boilers delivering 31,000 hp
peed:	21.25 knots
ange:	14,000 nm at 10 knots
omplement:	925
rmament:	Main battery: ten 13.5"/45 guns in five twin turrets Secondary battery: twelve 6"/45 guns in single casemate mountings; two 3"/20 anti-aircraft guns Four 21" submerged beam torpedo tubes

HMS ''Benbow was an Iron Duke''-class battleship of the Royal Navy, named in honour of Admiral John Benbow and launched in 1913. On 10 December 1913 she joined the 4th Battle Squadron of the Grand Fleet based at Scapa Flow. In World War I she was the flagship of Admirals Douglas Gamble and Doveton Sturdee. She fought at the battle of Jutland, 31 May 1916. After the war she served in the Mediterranean, Black Sea and Atlantic until 1929 when she was sold for scrap. See HMS Benbow for other ships of this name. Benbow

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