HMS Neptune
Built Portsmouth Dockyard, laid down January 1909, completed January 1911, cost £1,668,916
Size:
Length 541 feet 2 inches waterline 546 feet overall, beam 85 feet 1 inches, draught 28 feet 6 inches, displacement
19,680 tons load 23,123 tons deep.
Propulsion:
4 shaft Parsons turbines, 25,000 shp, 21kts.
Trials: 25,531 shp = 21.29 knots
Armour:
10-2.5in belt, 9-5in barbettes, 11in turret faces,
3-0.75in decks
Armament:
10 x 12in 50cal MK XI (5 x 2), 16 x 4in (16 x 1), 4 x
3 pounder (4 x 1), 3
x 18in TT
Comments:
The first significant change since the original Dreadnought. The armament was rearranged with the rear turrets now superimposed
and the wing turrets staggered to allow some cross deck firing to allow all 10 guns to fire on the broadside. The
secondary was reduced and guns were no longer on the turret roofs, an acknowledgement that these potions were too
exposed and supplying them with ammunition in action could be hard. Crew 756.
World War 1 Service:
1st Battle Squadron Grand Fleet.
December 1914-March 1915 under refit.
18 March unsuccessfully attacked by German submarine U29.
22/23 April 1916 accidentally hit at night by SS Needvaal but only sustained minor damage.
Present at the Battle of Jutland 1916. Fired 48 12in rounds and received no damage.
June 1916 transferred to 4th Battle Squadron.
September 1922 sold for scrap.
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