majestic class pre dreadnought battleship built royal_navy sixth ship bear ship laid dock launched april commissioned fleet april armed main battery inch guns secondary battery inch guns ship speed knots mph served channel_fleet later reorganised commissioning underwent refit included conversion coal oil placed reserve july measure prior outbreak world war august february guard ship scapa_flow later year main armament removed converted serving capacity dardanelles campaign november end war served depot ship based alexandria egypt disposed scrapped later year design feet long overall beam draft displaced long tons short tons combat load propulsion system consisted cylinder vertical triple expansion steam engines powered coal fired cylindrical boilers oil fired models engines provided speed knots mph indicated horsepower considered good easy roll good suffered high fuel consumption crew officers enlisted men ship armed inch viii guns twin turrets forward aft turrets placed pear shaped barbettes sisters arrangement sisters future british battleship classes circular barbettes carried inch guns mounted casemates gun decks amidships carried sixteen pounder guns pounder guns equipped inch torpedo tubes submerged ship hull deck mounted 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 keel laid dock completed hull launched april went commissioned reserve completion april went commission serve portsmouth division channel_fleet command captain sir huge fleet ships present passage body queen_victoria portsmouth february captain appointed command present vii august october collided badly damaged sister ship hms prince george spain fleet reorganisation led channel_fleet redesignated january unit transferred new channel_fleet home_fleet february service ended august paid reserve devonport underwent refit converted burn oil fuel received fire control main battery recommissioned reserve october january went commission temporary replacement battleship channel_fleet ocean refit ocean returned service remained channel_fleet service temporary replacement battleship dominion undergoing refit dominion returned service went commissioned reserve new home_fleet july commissioned reserve portsmouth suffered significant august struck reef damaging october collided torpedo boat suffering damage badly damaging torpedo boat underwent refit devonport november march royal_navy began july war appeared increasingly likely sister ships hms mars formed 9th battle squadron july stationed defend british coast serving guard ship world war began august 9th battle squadron dissolved august transferred scapa_flow served guard ship relieved class protected cruiser hms royal arthur february paid majestic class ships oldest effective battleships service royal_navy inactive disarmed march april inch guns lighter guns inch guns taken use aboard new lord class monitors hms prince eugene hms sir disarmed laid scapa_flow september recommissioned september serve dardanelles campaign arrived capacity october november depot ship auxiliary patrol craft alexandria egypt supporting forces operating egypt red_sea june leaving egypt malta september paid disposal malta october sold scrapping january broken italy
HMS Hannibal (1896)