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Class | Majestic |
Type | 1st Class pre-Dreadnought Battleship |
Built | at Chatham, 1896 |
Speed | 16.5 knots |
Weight | 14,900 |
Armament | 12 x 6 inch Guns, 16 x 12 pdr Guns, 12 x 3 pdr Guns, 5 Torpedo Tubes |
Crew | 672 |
Fate | She was sold in 1920. |
Notes | Illustrious had round barbettes rather than the normal pear-shaped ones. She helped introcduce the much lighter and effective cordite as propellant. This replacement of Gunpowder allowed the ship to carry up to 50% more ammunition supply. She spent World War I as a guardship. In 1915, her 12inch guns were removed and added to the Lord Clive class of monitors. |
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