Bellerophon class battleship

Bellerophon class battleship

The "Bellerophon" class consisted of three battleships built in 1906 and 1907 for the Royal Navy.The three ships of the "Bellerophon" class (and the subsequent three of the "St Vincent" class) were near carbon copies of HMS|Dreadnought|1906|6. The "Bellerophon" class was almost indistinguishable from the previous "Dreadnought" class battleships, with the exception of a second tripod mast. The lead ship, HMS|Bellerophon|1907|6, was laid down on the same day of HMS "Dreadnought's" final completion, which was also built at Portsmouth Dockyard.

Design

The "Bellerophon"'s continued the universal trend of greater displacement and cost. They did address some of the flaws of "Dreadnought". Changes to the hull gave a more complete internal protection and allowed the larger ships to make the same speed with the same powerplant. While "Dreadnought" had bulkheads that protected only the magazines, the "Bellerophon" had complete bulkheads running longitudinally through the ship. The 12-pounder guns that had been added to "Dreadnought" for protection from torpedo boats were recognised as being insufficient and their secondary armament was made up of convert|4|in|mm|0|sing=on guns. The foremast which on "Dreadnought" was behind the fore funnel so that it could be used for the boat crane was sited ahead of the funnel moving the lookouts stationed on the observation platform out of the smoke plume. A mainmast added ahead of the aft funnel was still affected by the plume of the fore funnel and was not considered a success.These changes did require some compromises in the design resulting in thinner armor, reducing the belt armor from 11 to convert|10|in|mm, and a reduced coal bunkerage, which limited the steaming endurance.

hips

*HMS|Bellerophon|1907|2
*HMS|Superb|1907|2
*HMS|Temeraire|1907|2

ee also

References

* Robert Gardiner, ed., "Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906 - 1921", (Conway Maritime Press, London, 1982)

External links

* [http://www.worldwar1.co.uk/battleship/hms-bellerophon.html World War I Naval Combat - HMS Bellerophon]
* [http://www.maritimequest.com/warship_directory/great_britain/pages/battleships/bellerophon_class.htm MaritimeQuest Bellerophon Class Overview]


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