hms british_royal_navy majestic class pre dreadnought battleship ship built chatham dockyard keel laid march completed hull launched september commissioned fleet april armed main battery inch guns secondary battery inch guns ship speed knots mph assigned mediterranean_fleet transferred channel_fleet subsequently reorganised underwent refit duly completed early rendered obsolete emergence new dreadnoughts served home_fleet oldest battleships royal_navy world war broke served guard ship regions late main armament removed served store ship remainder war decommissioned scrapped following year design 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 circular barbettes unlike sisters retained earlier pear shaped barbettes carried inch guns mounted casemates gun decks amidships carried sixteen pounder guns pounder guns equipped 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 chatham dockyard march ship launched september commissioned chatham service april captain sir command went commission service mediterranean_fleet mediterranean participated september december operations crete turkish uprising underwent refit malta captain appointed command march following june lead ship coronation gibraltar july transferred channel_fleet result reorganization january channel_fleet unit ended service september began refit chatham emerging refit commissioned reserve chatham march went commission service new channel_fleet home_fleet april serving flagship rear admiral collided schooner english channel fog june relieved flagship ended channel_fleet service june paying chatham recommissioned chatham june service new home_fleet march collided class cruiser suffered damage suffered august damaged striking reef underwent refit later year transferred participated maneuvers flagship vice admiral 7th battle squadron late july royal_navy began war imminent majestic class ships oldest effective battleships service royal_navy planned pay provide crewmen new dreadnought battleship instead placed commission serve guard ship grand fleet world war began august began guard ship duty august transferring october november december remained guard ship duty november paid november converted disarmed harbour ship inch guns turrets conversion completed march served new role august transferred chatham commissioned november use munitions november transferred serve role november transferred portsmouth continue service munitions paid april placed sale list portsmouth march sold scrapping june broken
HMS Illustrious (1896)