Description[]
After the groundbreaking appearance of its predecessors, this second class of British battlecruisers was created as an improved and enlarged version of the Invincible class, with a longer endurance, a rearranged armour protection and an optimized turret placement for better firing arcs. Two of them were built for service in the navies of His Majesties dominions New Zealand and Australia, and thus received their names. All three have already seen much action in the current conflict, HMS Indefatigable took part in the hunt for SMS Goeben, and New Zealand was engaged in the successful battles of Heligoland and the Dogger Bank. The ships were commissioned from 1911 to 1913.
Ship data
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Relative combat value: 6711
Basic damage control capacity: 68%
Dimensions
Displacement: 18500 tons
Length: 180 m
Width: 24 m
Draught: 8 m
Standard crew: 800
Performance
Maximum speed (undamaged): 25 knots
Endurance: 11729 km
Coal capacity: 4210 tons
Armour protection
Conning tower armour: 10
Hull armour: 4
Main belt armour: 9 (includes backing slope of deck armour)
Deck armour: 1.5 (sloped at edges to provide additional belt level protection)
Best armour type: Krupp
Armament
8 x 12 inch Mk X, centrally controlled. Ammo: 640 rounds
14 x 4in BL Mk VII, centrally controlled. Ammo: 1400 rounds
1 x 12-pdr 20cwt HA Mk Is, locally controlled. Ammo: 200 rounds
3 x 18in Mk VII Torpedoes, locally controlled. Ammo: 12 torpedoes
Ships in class
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- Indefatigable
- Australia
- New Zealand