British Battleships

Ship
(Launch date)
Displacement (tons) Speed (knots) Armour (inches) 4" guns 9.2" guns 12" guns 13.5" guns Weight of firepower (lbs)
Lord Nelson (1906) 16,500 18.5 12   10 4   5,300
Agamemnon (1906) 16,500 18.5 12   10 4   5,300
Dreadnought (1906) 17,900 20.9 11     10   6,800
Superb (1909) 18,600 20.75 10 16   10   6,800
Temeraire (1909) 18,600 20.75 10 16   10   6,800
Bellerophon(1909) 18,600 20.75 10 16   10   6,800
St Vincent (1909) 19,250 21 10 20   10   6,800
Vanguard (1910) 19,250 21 10 20   10   6,800
Collingwood (1910) 19,250 21 10 20   10   6,800
Neptune (1911) 19,900 21 10 16   10   8,500
Colossus (1911) 20,000 21 11 16   10   8,500
Hercules (1911) 20,000 21 11 16   10   8,500
Orion (1912) 22,500 21 12 16     10 12,500
Thunderer (1912) 22,500 21 12 16     10 12,500
Monarch (1912) 22,500 21 12 16     10 12,500
Conqueror (1912) 22,500 21 12 16     10 12,500
King George V (1912) 23,000 21 12 16     10 14,000
Centurion (1913) 23,000 21 12 16     10 14,000
Audacious (1913) 23,000 21 12 16     10 14,000

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