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Illustrious, 1896
Type: 1st Class pre-Dreadnought Battleship ; Armament 4 x 46-ton 12 " in pairs ; 12 x 6 " qf ; 16 x 3" qf 12 pdr ; 4 x 3 pdr ; TT
Launched : 17 Sep 1896 ;
Disposal date or year : 18 Jun 1920
Displacement: 14900 tons
Complement: 757
Machinery notes: 10,000 ND ; 12000 hpi ; Speed ; 17.5 knots ;
Notes:
3 Dec 1901 arrived at Malta from Platea.
15 Jun 1912 Recommissioned at Devonport
Aug 1914 Devonport.
Aug 1914 Seventh Battle Squadron - Devonport.. Tender to Caeser
1915 12inch guns removed for the Lord Clive class of monitors.
1919 Harbour Depot Ship
Battle Honours
Genoa 1795, Basque Roads 1809, Taranto 1940, Mediterranean 1940-1, Malta Convoys 1941,
Diego Suarez 1942, Salerno 1943, Sabang 1944, Palembang 1945, Okinawa 1945