HMS Iron Duke

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HMS Iron Duke was a British Iron Duke-class battleship that served as Admiral Sir John Jellicoe’s flagship at the Battle of Jutland during World War I.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Iron Duke-class battleship
Royal Navy battleship
armament 10 × 13.5-inch (343 mm) guns in five twin turrets
12 × 6-inch (152 mm) guns
2 × 3-inch (76 mm) anti-aircraft guns
4 × 21-inch (533 mm) submerged torpedo tubes
armour 12-inch belt armour
up to 10-inch turret armour
up to 2.5-inch deck armour
assignedTo Grand Fleet
Home Fleet
battleOfJutlandDate 1916-05-31
beachedAt Bay of Orphir
surface form: Ore Bay, Orkney
beam 90 feet
builder Portsmouth Historic Dockyard
surface form: Portsmouth Dockyard
class Iron Duke-class battleship
surface form: Iron Duke class
commissioned 1914-03-09
country United Kingdom
crewComplement approximately 925 officers and men
up to 1100 in wartime
damagedBy Luftwaffe air attack in 1939
decommissioned 1929-10-16
disarmed in accordance with Washington Naval Treaty
displacement 25000 long tons (standard)
29000 long tons (deep load)
draught 29 feet 6 inches
fate scrapped
firedAt Battle of Jutland
surface form: German High Seas Fleet at the Battle of Jutland
flagshipCommander John Jellicoe, 1st Earl Jellicoe
surface form: Admiral Sir John Jellicoe
flagshipOf Grand Fleet
flagshipPeriod 1914–1916
homePort Scapa Flow
hulked 1929
laidDown 1912-01-12
launched 1912-10-12
length 622 feet 9 inches
locationWhenDamaged Scapa Flow
maximumSpeed 21.25 knots
namedAfter Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington
operator Royal Navy
participatedIn Battle of Jutland
World War I
pennantNumber F234
postwarRole depot ship
gunnery training ship
powerOutput 29000 shaft horsepower
propulsion coal-fired boilers
oil-fired boilers
steam turbines
range 7800 nautical miles at 10 knots
roleAtJutland flagship of Admiral Sir John Jellicoe
scrappedAt Faslane
scrappedIn 1932
treatyLimitation Washington Naval Conference
surface form: Washington Naval Treaty
usedAs accommodation ship
base ship at Scapa Flow

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Grand Fleet flagship HMS Iron Duke
Iron Duke-class battleship member HMS Iron Duke