hms vincent hms vincent lead ship class dreadnought battleships built royal_navy decade 20th century spent career assigned home grand fleets served flagship aside participating damaged german battlecruiser service world war generally consisted routine patrols training north_sea ship deemed obsolete war reduced reserve training ship sold scrap design description design vincent class derived previous class overall length feet beam feet normal draught feet displaced long tons normal load long tons deep load crew numbered officers enlisted men machinery powered sets parsons direct drive steam turbines driving shafts steam eighteen boilers turbines rated shp intended reach maximum speed knots mph sea trials december ship reached speed knots mph shp range nautical miles cruising speed knots mph armament vincent class equipped breech loading inch guns twin gun turrets remaining wing turrets secondary anti torpedo boat armament comprised inch vii guns guns installed roofs fore aft turrets wing turrets mounts positioned superstructure guns single mounts ships fitted inch torpedo tubes broadside stern armour vincent class ships waterline belt krupp cemented armour inches thick fore barbettes reduced thickness inches reached ships ends armour inches thick transverse bulkheads inches inches thick terminated parts waterline upper armour belts reached outer portions barbettes barbettes protected armour inches thick main deck inches wing barbettes similar inches armour outer faces gun turrets inch faces sides inches roofs armoured decks ranged inches sides forward conning tower protected inch plates rear roof inches inches thick respectively alterations guns forward turret roof removed upper forward pair guns superstructure removed addition gun shields fitted guns superstructure bridge structure enlarged base forward mast year war fire control director installed high forward mast time base forward superstructure rebuilt house inch guns turret guns removed reduced secondary armament total fourteen guns addition pair inch anti aircraft guns added april mounted thirteen inch anti torpedo boat guns single inch inch guns approximately long tons additional deck armour added ship modified operate balloon high angle rangefinder fitted stern torpedo tube removed end war construction career named admiral fleet john 1st earl ordered october laid date launched september completed including armament cost variously quoted commissioned assigned junior flagship 1st commanded captain present king george visited fleet late july participated june 1st division renamed 1st battle squadron ship participated july beginning lengthy refit late year april recommissioned resumed role flagship second command 2nd division 1st battle squadron command rear admiral july took test fleet review july sailed fleet war station scapa_flow began patrols training exercises constituted greater service declaration war august briefly based october november greater fleet defences strengthened king george inspected personnel 2nd division aboard visit july private ship november relieved flagship battle jutland command captain assigned 1st battle squadron battle jutland shortly fisher grand_fleet flagship ship monitoring strong radio signals frequency german high seas fleet implied germans nearby detection signals transmitted grand_fleet began deploying columns line battle beginning near rear twentieth ship briefly forced stop avoid ships forward fleet forced slow knots mph allow battlecruisers assume position head line stage general engagement ship fired main guns crippled light cruiser sms number hits unknown ship turned away twice thought torpedoes stopped short ship began firing identified german battleship proved battlecruiser sms hitting target twice disappeared mist armor piercing capped shell probably struck upper hull abreast bridge wrecked slightly damaged surrounding superstructure hull caused minor flooding man conning tower wounded splinter second hit penetrated rear armor superfiring turret rear ship starting small fire easily extinguished crew time fired guns battle ship fired total capped inch shells battle shortly battle transferred 4th battle squadron april repair dreadnought hercules ordered north reinforce forces based scapa_flow high_seas_fleet sortied north time intercept convoy norway unable comply order germans turned suffered engine damage ship present german fleet surrendered november march reduced reserve gunnery training ship portsmouth flagship june relieved gunnery training ship december transferred remained listed disposal march sold scrap december towed dover demolition march
HMS St Vincent (1908)