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Service histories of the Royal Navy
battleships HMS Iron Duke, HMS Marlborough, HMS Benbow and HMS Emperor of India. Battleship website dedicated to
the history of HMS Iron Duke, HMS Marlborough,
HMS Benbow and HMS Emperor of India
from their launch to their
participation in major wars also notice board for Naval Enthusiasts and
Historians and Descendants of crew of
HMS Iron Duke, HMS Marlborough, HMS Benbow and HMS Emperor of India. |
| HMS IRON DUKE |
12TH OCTOBER 1912 |
USED AS A GUNNERY TRAINING SHIP IN
1931. SHE WAS THEN SOLD FOR SCRAP 2ND MARCH 1946. |
| HMS MARLBOROUGH |
24TH OCTOBER 1912 |
SOLD FOR SCRAP 27TH JUNE 1932 |
| HMS BENBOW |
12TH NOVEMBER 1913 |
SOLD FOR SCRAP in march 1931. |
| HMS EMPEROR OF INDIA |
27TH NOVEMBER 1913 |
sunk
as a target ship 1st september 1931. |
The fourth ship of the class
originally called Dehli was renamed Emperor of India 1 month before
launch. All four ships were present at the Battle of Jutland.
although
HMS Marlborough was torpedoed and struggled to port under tow. HMS
Benbow was scrapped in March 1931 along with HMS Marlborough and HMS
Emperor of India. HMS Iron Duke was converted to a gunnery training ship
in 1931-32 but was badly damaged in a German air raid and was run
aground on 17th October 1939. Her guns were transferred to coastal
artillery batteries. After basic repairs HMS Iron Duke then became a
stationary depot ship until she was scrapped in 1946.
HMS Iron Duke was built at Cammell Laird in Portsmouth
and Launched on the 12th October 1912. After 1931 she became a Gunnery
Training Ship and Base Ship for the Home Fleet between 1939 and 1945.
She was scrapped at Faslane in Scotland 19th August 1946.
Compliment 589. Armament 6 13.5 inch Guns (3 x 2 ) and
12 6-inch Guns . Machinery 4-shaft Turbines, S.H.P 31,000 giving a top
speed of 21.25 knots this was reduced to 18 knots with mutilated boiler
power. . Displacement 21,250 tons.
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HMS Marlborough, 1924.
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HMS Marlborough, 1916.
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HMS Marlborough, 1926.
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HMS Marlborough (left) and HMS Iron
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HMS Iron Duke when she was the flag ship of
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HMS Marlborough. c.1914 |
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HMS Emperor of India, c.1926.
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HMS Emperor of India, August 1926.
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HMS Emperor of India, September 1929.
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