majestic class pre dreadnought battleship royal_navy named roman military political leader ship built portsmouth dockyard starting keel laying march launched september commissioned fleet january armed main battery inch guns secondary battery inch guns ship speed knots mph served mediterranean_fleet brief stint channel_fleet resumed service organised channel_fleet time service home_fleet placed reserve following outbreak world war returned channel_fleet transferred north_america west indies station brief spell guard ship gibraltar served depot ship firstly mediterranean seas black_sea support naval operations role pre dreadnought battleships service outside united_kingdom returning england decommissioned sold scrap design feet long overall beam draft displaced tonnes long tons short tons combat load propulsion system consisted cylinder triple expansion engines powered coal fired cylindrical boilers oil fired models engines provided speed knots mph indicated horsepower considered handled easy roll suffered high fuel consumption crew officers enlisted men ship armed inch viii guns twin turrets forward aft turrets placed circular barbettes unlike sisters retained earlier pear shaped barbettes carried inch guns mounted casemates gun decks amidships carried sixteen pounder guns pounder guns equipped inch torpedo tubes submerged ship hull broadside deck mounted stern ships class inches harvey armour allowed equal protection cost weight compared previous types armour allowed sisters deeper lighter belt previous battleships loss protection barbettes main battery protected armour conning tower thickness steel sides ship armoured deck thick service history built portsmouth dockyard keel laying taking place march launched september completed january ship commissioned portsmouth january serve mediterranean fleet leaving mediterranean attached temporarily channel_fleet serve home waters departed united_kingdom mediterranean service undergoing refit malta captain appointed command december succeeding captain ended mediterranean service october paying portsmouth october begin refit refit completed commissioned portsmouth february relieve sister ship flagship channel_fleet channel_fleet result reorganisation january flagship relieved duty march 2nd flagship new channel_fleet home fleet prior reorganisation june collided sank barque afghanistan suffering significant damage bridge wings carried away boats net port badly damaged refitted devonport repair damage flagship home_fleet december relieved duty february transferred temporary flagship served role recommissioned service new home_fleet formed january service underwent refit devonport transferred temporarily serving flagship vice admiral 3rd april transferred devonport serve january rammed barque fog suffering damage march placed commissioned reserve nucleus crew outbreak world war august brought commission transferred 7th battle squadron channel_fleet squadron charged defence service helped transporting plymouth belgium covered passage england france september december detached 7th battle squadron transferred gibraltar serve guard ship gunnery training ship july transferred north_america serving guard ship gunnery training ship bermuda patrolling atlantic north_america service ended september transferred relieve old second class cruiser flagship senior naval officer british pre dreadnought serve flagship september went malta refit depot ship equipped repair shops leisure facilities recreation rooms reading rooms conversion completed took duties october depot ship january transferred egypt service depot ship june dardanelles transferred black_sea served depot ship british naval forces operating russian revolution service british pre dreadnought serve operationally overseas returned united_kingdom march paid devonport april placed disposal list sold british firm scrapping november german firm july towed devonport germany scrapped
HMS Caesar (1896)