majestic class pre dreadnought battleships royal_navy entered service late channel_fleet remaining fleet subsequent reorganisation explosion caused deaths men remained service underwent refit served home_fleet pre war service oldest britain battleships time magnificent guard ship world war broke sister ship assigned scapa_flow guard ship stripped main armament later year converted use returning england inactive late time converted ammunition ship continued serve role time decommissioned scrapped following year design magnificent laid chatham dockyard december launched year day later december fitting work commenced commissioned royal_navy year later december ship feet long overall beam draft displaced 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 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 magnificent carried inch guns mounted casemates gun decks amidships carried sixteen pounder guns pounder guns equipped torpedo tubes submerged ship hull deck mounted magnificent majestic class ships inches harvey armour allowed equal protection cost weight compared previous types armour allowed magnificent sisters deeper lighter belt previous battleships loss protection barbettes main battery protected armor conning tower thickness steel sides ship armored deck thick service history commissioned chatham dockyard december relieve battleship second flagship channel_fleet june present fleet review diamond jubilee queen_victoria captain appointed command january february following year joined eastern division channel_fleet flying flag rear admiral receiving word death queen_victoria january stationed portsmouth magnificent flew half mast captain appointed command october june following year flagship rear admiral sir second command relinquished position year later sunset june struck flag board magnificent rear admiral succeeded transferred vessel later month january ship flagship channel_fleet result reorganization january channel_fleet magnificent accordingly gun explosion aboard magnificent june resulted casualties explosion caused faulty shell inch guns failed fire opened breech contact fresh air detonated shell november ended service paid devonport magnificent commissioned reserve november based chatham reserve service attached gunnery training ship december magnificent left chatham march assigned service temporarily flagship commander chief november underwent refit chatham new fire control systems installed converted burn fuel oil served second flagship home_fleet august january magnificent reduced nucleus crew february commissioned reserve march flagship vice admiral 3rd relieved flagship march battleship september magnificent recommissioned home_fleet serve turret drill ship training ship devonport damaged collision december tender turret drill ship vivid february gunnery training ship devonport slightly damaged june ran aground fog near recommissioned service july world war fleet immediately prior outbreak world war magnificent sister ships mars victorious july formed 9th battle squadron subordinate admiral patrols stationed magnificent served guard ship world war began stationed august 9th battle squadron dissolved magnificent transferred scapa_flow reinforce defences anchorage grand_fleet guard ship scapa_flow majestic class ships oldest effective battleships service royal_navy class protected cruiser crescent relieved magnificent guard ship duty february point magnificent paid later february magnificent arrived belfast disarmed march april inch guns inch guns removed inch guns taken arm new lord class monitors general disarmed magnificent laid april september magnificent recommissioned serve similarly disarmed sister ships mars dardanelles campaign battleships departed united_kingdom duty september arriving october december december magnificent took evacuation allied troops departed dardanelles february conclusion campaign returned england paid devonport march magnificent remained devonport august serving overflow ship august began refit belfast conversion ammunition ship refit completed october transferred service ammunition store ship magnificent placed disposal list february continued serve ammunition store ship april sold scrapping scrapping began following year
HMS Magnificent (1894)