HMS Marlborough (1912)
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| Career |  |
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| Ordered: | 1911 |
| Laid down: | 25 January 1912 at Devonport dockyard |
| Launched: | 24 October 1912 |
| Commissioned: | June 1914 |
| Decommissioned: | |
| Fate: | Sold for scrap 27 June 1932 |
| Struck: | 1932 |
| General Characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 25,000 tons (normal), 29,500 deep load |
| Length: | 622 feet 9 inches |
| Beam: | 90 feet |
| Draught: | 32 feet 9 inches |
| Propulsion: | 4 shaft Parsons steam turbines, driving four propellers, 18 Babcock & Wilcox or Yarrow boilers delivering 29,000 hp |
| Speed: | 21.25 knots |
| Range: | 14,000 nm at 10 knots |
| Complement: | 925 |
| Armament: | Main battery: ten 13.5"/45 guns in five twin turrets Secondary battery: twelve 6"/45 guns in single casemate mountings; two 3"/20 anti-aircraft guns |
HMS Marlborough was an Iron Duke-class battleship of the Royal Navy, named in honour of John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough, and launched in 1912. In World War I she served in the 1st Battle Squadron of the Grand Fleet based at Scapa Flow. She fought at the battle of Jutland, 31 May 1916, where she was hit by a torpedo, killing two and injuring two.
In 1919, during the Russian Civil War the Marlborough was on duty in the Black Sea and on orders of King George V rescued his aunt Dagmar of Denmark and other members of the Russian Imperial Family, including Grand Duke Nicholas and Felix Yusupov.
See HMS Marlborough for other ships of this name.
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| Iron Duke-class battleship |
| Iron Duke | Marlborough | Benbow | Emperor of India |
| Preceded by: King George V class - Followed by: Queen Elizabeth class |
List of battleships of the Royal Navy |
