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HMS Audacious Technical Specification
(King George V class Dreadnought)
Class Notes:
Displacement: 23,000 tons (25,700 tons f/l)
Dimensions: 597 ft 6 ins o/a (586 ft 6 ins w/l or 555 ft pp), x
89 ft x 28 ft 8 ins.
[Metres: 182.1 o/a (179.7 w/l or 162.9 pp), x 27.1 x 8.7.]
Machinery: 4 Screws, Parsons Turbines (Laird), 18 B&W Boilers
(Yarrow)
HP: 31,000 = 21.75 knots.
Endurance: 4,060 miles (18 knots)
Armament: 10 x 13.5 inch (343 mm)/45, 16 x 4" (102mm)/50,
4 x 3 pdr (47 mm), 3 x 21" (533 mm) TT.
Armour: Belt 8 - 12 inches (203 - 305 mm), Barbettes 3 - 10 inches
(76 - 254 mm),
Turrets 11 inches (279 mm), bulkheads 4 - 10 inches (102 - 254 mm),
c/t 11 inches (279 mm), decks 1- 4 inches (26 - 102 mm).
Complement: 782 (later rising to 1,132).
Class Notes: Improved Orion class with pole mast forward of funnels,
later modified to a tripod.
History:
1911: Laid down at Laird (Birkenhead).
14.09.12: Launched.
21.10.13: Completed.
27.10.14: Sunk by mine north east of Tory Island near Lough Swilly.
None of the crew was lost.
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HMS Audacious Links
www.deepbluediving.org
Charter vessel information that visits the wreck of Audacious
www.salutay.com
Alan Wrights North Irish Charter vessel for divers wishing to visit
the wreck
http://www.worldwar1.co.uk
Naval History of WW1
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