H.M.S. Vanguard (1909)
From The Dreadnought Project
| HMS Vanguard | |
| Career | Details |
|---|---|
| Pendant Number: | 39 (September, 1915) |
| Builder: | Vickers, Limited, Barrow-in-Furness |
| Ordered: | 1907 |
| Laid down: | 2 April, 1908 |
| Launched: | 22 February, 1909 |
| Commissioned: | 1 March, 1910 |
| Lost: | 9 July, 1917 |
| Fate: | Sunk by internal explosion |
| General Characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 19,500 tons (normal) 21,060 (normal, 1917) |
| Length: | 500 feet |
| Beam: | 84 feet |
| Draught: | 28 feet 7 inches |
| Propulsion: | 2 Screw Parsons Turbines, 24,500 shp. 18 Babcock boilers |
| Speed: | 21 knots |
| Range: | 6,900 miles at 10 knots |
| Complement: | 758 |
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HMS Vanguard (ex-Rodney) was a St. Vincent class dreadnought, built at Vickers in Barrow-in-Furness. Laid down in mid-1908, she completed in early 1910, joining the 1st Battle Squadron. She would serve with this squadron until April, 1916. At the outbreak of war, two 4" turrets on A turret were removed. On 1 September, 1914 she fired on a suspected enemy submarine at Scapa Flow in a case of friendly fire.
At the Battle of Jutland Vanguard was in the 4th Division of the 4th Battle Squadron in company with the C-in-C, Admiral Sir John Jellicoe and Vice-Admiral Sir Doveton Sturdee. She fired eighty 12" rounds without suffering damage.
