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Inflexible, 1907
Type: Battle Cruiser ; Armament 8 x 12" ; 16 x 4"
Launched : 26 Jun 1907 ;
Disposal date or year : 1922
Displacement: 17250 tons
Complement: 837
Machinery notes: Designed H.P. 41,000 = 25 kts. Trials 43,391 = 25.5
Notes:
5 Nov 1913 Recommissioned at Chatham
Aug 1914 Mediterrranean Station. Flag Ship Mediterranean.
Aug 1914 Second Battle Cruiser Squadron, Mediterranean
Inflexible severely damaged by a mine in the bombardment of the Dardanelles. Placed in Reserve.
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Gunnery Notes: Amidship turrets are very cramped together, and broadside of 8 - 12 inch can only be rarely fired.
Armour Notes: Internal magazine screens not continuous between end barbettes.
Torpedo Notes: Stern tube removed during war.
General Notes: Begun under 1905-6 Estimates. Average cost of each, about £1,752,000 = £101.6 per ton. These ships at full speed burn about 500 tons of coal a day, plus about 125 tons of oil. They are not very steady gun platforms Average cost of machinery, about £472,000. Invincible of this class lost in Battle of Jutland . Inflexible severely damaged by a mine in the bombardment of the Dardanelles, March 18th, 1915. Placed in Reserve. 1919.