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HMS Iron Duke Laid Down : 12th January 1912 Launched : 12th October 1912 Completed : March 1914 Type : Battleship Class : Iron Duke Builder : Portsmouth Country : UK Pennants : 18 Fate : Sold for scrap February 1946. Broken up at Glasgow 20th November 1948. |
| 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 Iron Duke, 1914. |   HMS Iron Duke. |   HMS Iron Duke, c.1935. |   HMS Iron Duke, v.1935. |   HMS Iron Duke, c.1935. |
  HMS Iron Duke, c.1935. |   HMS Iron Duke, c.1935. |   HMS Iron Duke, July 1935. |   HMS Iron Duke, May 1937. |   HMS Iron Duke when she was flagship. |
  HMS Iron Dukes forward guns. |   A view of the guns of HMS Iron Duke. |   A view from above of HMS Iron Duke. |   Officers of HMS Iron Duke Christmas 1923 at Malta |   Crew of HMS Iron Duke Fire Salute at parade in Malta 1923. |
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  HMS Iron Duke. |   HMS Iron Duke Crew. |   Crewman, HMS Iron Duke. |
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12th October 1912 - Launched 12th October 1912 - Pennant Number 18 3rd December 1913 - Sailed Portsmouth for gun and torpedo trials 17th April 1914 - Sailed Portsmouth for Bantry 31st May 1916 - Took part in the Battle of Jutland 31st May 1916 - Capt. F.W. Dreyer in Command 13th May 1919 - Arrived Smyrna 1st June 1919 - 4th Battle Squadron, Mediterranean Fleet 8th August 1919 - Arrived Alexandria 11th August 1919 - Sailed Alexandria for Malta 23rd October 1920 - Arrived Malta 23rd October 1920 - Flagship of Admiral Sir John M. de Robeck 1921 - Mediterranean Cruise 21st February 1921 - Sailed Malta for Gibraltar and Plymouth 25th February 1921 - Arrived Gibraltar 19th March 1921 - Sailed Gibraltar for Malta 19th May 1923 - Completed refitting at Malta 10th July 1926 - Arrived Torbay 1st March 1927 - At Gibraltar for Exercises 11th March 1927 - Arrived Gibraltar after Exercises 1931 - Used As A Gunnery Training Ship 19th January 1933 - Arrived Portland 19th January 1933 - Sailed Portsmouth for Portland 8th March 1933 - Sailed Portsmouth for exercises 9th March 1933 - Arrived Portsmouth 21st April 1933 - Sailed Portsmouth for Portland 21st April 1933 - Captain R.M. King in Command 21st April 1933 - Arrived Portland 11th May 1933 - Commenced exercises with the R.A.F. 12th May 1933 - Completed exercises with the R.A.F. 23rd May 1933 - Arrived Portsmouth 25th May 1933 - Commenced exercises with the R.A.F. 26th May 1933 - Completed exercises with the R.A.F. 6th June 1933 - Sailed Portsmouth for exercises in northern waters 23rd June 1933 - Sailed Oban for Portsmouth 26th June 1933 - Arrived Portsmouth 18th July 1933 - Commenced firing exercises at Portland 20th July 1933 - Completed firing exercises at Portland 21st July 1933 - Arrived Portsmouth from Portland 12th September 1933 - Sailed Portsmouth for Portland 4th December 1933 - Arrived Portsmouth 5th December 1933 - Arrived Portsmouth 1st March 1934 - Capt. H.C. Allen in Command 1st March 1934 - Arrived Portsmouth 1st March 1934 - Sailed Portland for Portsmouth 7th March 1934 - Arrived Portland 26th March 1934 - Arrived Portsmouth 27th March 1934 - Sailed Portland 3rd June 1934 - Sailed Portsmouth 3rd June 1934 - Assumed Flagship of Rear-Admiral Noel F. Laurence 12th June 1934 - Arrived Oban 20th June 1934 - Sailed Oban 22nd June 1934 - Arrived Portsmouth 17th October 1934 - Arrived Portland 15th December 1934 - Capt. H.C. Allen Assumed Command 15th December 1934 - Capt. F.H.G. Walker relinquished Command 18th January 1935 - Arrived Falmouth 16th July 1935 - Attended 1935 Spithead Fleet Review 5th August 1935 - Iron Duke At Portsmouth for Navy Week 18th November 1935 - Sailed Portsmouth for Plymouth 24th September 1936 - Arrived Portsmouth 7th May 1937 - 1937 07th May Iron Duke At Sheerness 22nd May 1937 - Arrived Torquay 30th July 1938 - At Portsmouth. Navy Week 21st November 1938 - Arrived Plymouth 9th August 1939 - Attended Review of the British Reserve Fleet 16th August 1939 - Arrived Falmouth 14th October 1939 - At Scapa Flow 17th October 1939 - Damaged by Aircraft attack in Scapa Flow 17th October 1939 - Damaged by air strike at Scapa Flow and had to be beached 18th October 1939 - Beached after being bombed at Scapa Flow by JU88s. 2nd March 1946 - Sold For Scrap | |||
HMS Iron Duke Artwork Collection |
  HMS Iron Duke at Weymouth Bay 1927 by Randall Wilson. |   Iron Duke in Pentland Firth by W L Wyllie. |
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Last edited : 15:53, October 12, 2012
By : DataStream
First Added : 13:17, January 29, 2011
By : kc
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