HMS Audacious sunk by mine in 1914
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HMS Audacious was a British King George V-class battleship that served in the early years of World War I before being lost to a German naval mine in 1914.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| HMS Audacious sunk by mine in 1914 canonical | 1 |
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
King George V-class battleship
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Royal Navy warship ⓘ |
| armament |
10 × 13.5-inch (343 mm) main guns
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secondary 4-inch guns ⓘ torpedo tubes ⓘ |
| armour | heavy belt armour typical of dreadnoughts ⓘ |
| beam | about 89 feet ⓘ |
| belligerent | United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| builder | Cammell Laird NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| builtAt | Birkenhead NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| casualties | very few lives lost ⓘ |
| causeOfLoss | mine explosion ⓘ |
| class | King George V class NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| commissioned | October 1913 ⓘ |
| conflict | World War I ⓘ |
| country | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| crewEvacuation | largely successful ⓘ |
| dateOfSinking | 27 October 1914 ⓘ |
| displacement | about 25,000 long tons (standard) ⓘ |
| era | early 20th century ⓘ |
| fate | sunk in 1914 ⓘ |
| laidDown | 23 March 1911 ⓘ |
| launched | 14 September 1912 ⓘ |
| length | about 597 feet ⓘ |
| locationOfWreck | north of Ireland (approximate) ⓘ |
| maximumSpeed | about 21 knots ⓘ |
| navalArchitecture | super-dreadnought design ⓘ |
| notableAspect | loss was initially kept secret by the British Admiralty ⓘ |
| notableEvent | struck a German mine while on exercises in 1914 ⓘ |
| operator | Royal Navy ⓘ |
| partOf | British Grand Fleet NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfSinking | off the north coast of Ireland ⓘ |
| precededByClass | Orion-class battleship NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| propulsion |
coal-fired boilers
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steam turbines ⓘ |
| role | capital ship of the Grand Fleet ⓘ |
| serviceEntry | pre-war Royal Navy battle fleet ⓘ |
| shipType | dreadnought battleship ⓘ |
| status | shipwreck ⓘ |
| successorClass | Iron Duke-class battleship NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sunkBy | German naval mine ⓘ |
| theatre | Atlantic Ocean NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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