majestic class pre dreadnought battleship royal_navy commissioned assigned channel_fleet refit temporarily reserve returning service channel_fleet september rendered obsolete emergence dreadnought type battleships returned reserve time home_fleet refit spell gunnery training ship following outbreak world war served channel_fleet guard ship dispatched russia february serve clearing route regular undergoing refit underwent refit later completed transferred canal patrol returned england late spent remainder war based devonport scrapped design laid april launched november february transferred completed 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 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 armor conning tower thickness steel sides ship armored deck thick operational history commissioned june chatham dockyard service channel_fleet present diamond jubilee queen victoria june vii august captain appointed command october followed captain sir december march visited january channel_fleet new making unit paid chatham february undergo refit service ended emerged refit commissioned chatham august commissioned service new channel_fleet september service ended february paid time surpassed role line battleship new big gun dreadnought battleships inaugurated february recommissioned reserve service new home_fleet nucleus crew flagship division february june later second flagship service underwent portsmouth received fire control equipment main battery june january served gunnery training ship january transferred based world war world war broke august transferred 7th battle squadron channel_fleet service covered passage england france september late october reassigned serve alongside sister ship majestic guard ship november majestic left relieved sister ships magnificent guard ship duty december moved guard ship duty february detached guard ship duty serve temporarily russia regular refit duty history ship ice winter february arrival earliest history authorised striking issue medals commemorating feat officers petty officers seamen class respectively left return channel_fleet paid began refit lasted august refit completed commissioned august service mediterranean_sea canal patrol october transferred red_sea guard ship flagship senior naval officer relieved flagship duty rim december returned canal patrol mediterranean service lasted april november home port egypt left egypt november returned united_kingdom paid devonport provide crews vessels remained devonport april commission special service vessel auxiliary patrol ship february paid accommodation ship april majestic class ship placed disposal list sold scrapping january march towed chatham scrapped
HMS Jupiter (1895)