Empress of India

HMS Empress of India

(Iron Duke class dreadnaught)

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The original HMS EMPORER OF INDIA

Laid Down: 31st May 1912

Launched: 27th November 1913

Commissioned: 10th November 1914

Length: 622 ft.

Beam: 90 ft.

Weight: 29,560 tons (full load)

Complement: 1022

Armor:

Main Belt: 12"

Deck: 2.5"

Turrets: 11"

Armament:

primary: 10 x BL 13.5 in (343 mm)/45 cal Mk V guns

secondary: 12 × 6 in (152 mm)/45 cal Mk VII guns

AA: 2 × QF 3 in (76 mm) 20 cwt AA guns

Engines/Power:

Boilers: 18 × Babcock & Wilcox boilers

Turbines 4 × Parsons turbines

Shafts: 4 .

Maximun Speed: 21.25 knots.

Endurance: 7800 nautical miles at 10 knots.