Orion-class battleship
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The Orion-class battleship was a class of early 20th-century British Royal Navy "super-dreadnoughts" that significantly advanced battleship design with heavier armament and improved armor.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Orion class | 1 |
| Orion-class battleship canonical | 1 |
| Orion-class ship of the line | 1 |
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Royal Navy ship class
ⓘ
battleship class ⓘ dreadnought battleship class ⓘ |
| armourScheme |
armored deck and turrets
ⓘ
improved belt armor compared to Colossus class ⓘ |
| battleParticipation | Battle of Jutland ⓘ |
| builder | Royal Navy dockyards and British private shipyards ⓘ |
| classification | super-dreadnought ⓘ |
| commissionedPeriod | commissioned 1912 ⓘ |
| constructionPeriod | laid down 1909–1910 ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| designAuthority |
Admiralty (United Kingdom)
ⓘ
surface form:
British Admiralty
|
| designFeature |
all-big-gun main battery on centerline
ⓘ
heavier main armament than preceding British dreadnoughts ⓘ improved armor protection over previous classes ⓘ super-firing main turrets ⓘ |
| designImprovementOver | HMS Neptune and earlier dreadnoughts ⓘ |
| displacement | approximately 22,000–25,000 tons (standard, depending on ship and period) ⓘ |
| fleetAssignment | Grand Fleet ⓘ |
| followedBy |
King George V class
ⓘ
surface form:
King George V-class battleship (1911)
|
| gunCalibreIncreaseOver | 12-inch to 13.5-inch main guns ⓘ |
| homePort |
Scapa Flow
ⓘ
surface form:
Scapa Flow (Grand Fleet base)
|
| hullMaterial | steel ⓘ |
| launchPeriod | launched 1910–1911 ⓘ |
| mainArmament | 10 × 13.5-inch (343 mm) guns ⓘ |
| mainArmamentLayout | 5 twin turrets on the centerline ⓘ |
| maximumSpeed | about 21 knots ⓘ |
| navalEra | early 20th century ⓘ |
| notableAs | first British super-dreadnought class ⓘ |
| numberOfShips | 4 ⓘ |
| operator | Royal Navy ⓘ |
| powerTransmission | turbine-driven propeller shafts ⓘ |
| precededBy | Colossus-class battleship ⓘ |
| propulsion |
coal- and oil-fired boilers (mixed firing)
ⓘ
steam turbines ⓘ |
| scrappingPeriod | interwar period ⓘ |
| secondaryArmament | 4-inch guns (various numbers over career) ⓘ |
| serviceInConflict | World War I ⓘ |
| ship |
HMS Conqueror
ⓘ
HMS Monarch ⓘ HMS Orion ⓘ HMS Thunderer ⓘ |
| shipRole | capital ship ⓘ |
| status | all ships scrapped ⓘ |
| technologicalSignificance | set pattern for subsequent British battleship designs ⓘ |
| typicalCrewComplement | approximately 900–1,100 officers and men ⓘ |
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Orion class