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...e'' ''' after [[Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington]], nicknamed the "Iron Duke". The name is also a pun, as the first ship so named was an [[ironclad * {{HMS|Iron Duke|1870}} was a battleship launched in 1870, paid off in 1893, converted ...

*''Iron Duke''/''Vanguard'': 6,034 tons *''Iron Duke''/''Vanguard'': {{convert|341|ft|3|in|abbr=on}} ...

...pons were also expected to engage capital ships. Heavily-armoured areas of battleships would not be vulnerable to 6-inch fire, but there were large areas that cou [[Image:HMS Iron Duke (1912).jpg|thumb|right|{{HMS|Iron Duke|1912|6}} with secondary armament in casemates along the side of the sh ...

|Ship notes=Armour is iron plating with teak backing. ...sunk during a summer cruise in a collision in fog with the ironclad {{HMS|Iron Duke|1870|6}}. None of the crew were lost, but the commanding officer of th ...

|Name=''Iron Duke'' class ...vy]] before the [[First World War]]. The class comprised four ships: {{HMS|Iron Duke|1912|2}}, {{HMS|Marlborough|1912|2}}, {{HMS|Benbow|1913|2}}, and {{HMS ...

{{other ships|HMS Iron Duke}} |Ship image=HMS Iron Duke (1870).jpg ...

...in 1912 as the main armament for the new [[Dreadnought|super-dreadnought]] battleships of the {{sclass|Orion|battleship|4}}. The [[caliber|calibre]] was 13.5&nbsp ...ch Mark V gun barrels from the Royal Navy's [[Iron Duke-class battleship|''Iron Duke'' class]] reserves, which had been designed close enough to the dimens ...

...redited with the ability to penetrate {{convert|9.6|in|mm|0}} of [[wrought iron]] armour at the [[muzzle (firearms)|muzzle]].<ref name=g6/> ...ass ships, from the upper-deck level downwards, was protected by [[wrought iron]] armour that tapered from {{convert|4.5|in|mm|0}} amidships to {{convert|3 ...

{{Other ships|HMS Iron Duke}} |Ship image=HMS Iron Duke.png ...

{{Short description|Iron Duke-class battleship of the British Royal Navy}} |Ship type={{sclass|Iron Duke|battleship}} ...

|Ship builder=[[Palmers Shipbuilding and Iron Company]], [[Jarrow]] ...'Lord Nelson'' was [[Keel laying|laid down]] by [[Palmers Shipbuilding and Iron Company]] at [[Jarrow]] on 18 May 1905 and launched on 4 September 1906. He ...

...h the ability to penetrate a nominal {{convert|11.3|in|mm|0}} of [[wrought iron]] armour at the [[muzzle (firearms)|muzzle]]. The 16-calibre 64-pounder gun ''Audacious'' had a complete waterline [[Belt armor|belt]] of [[wrought iron]] that was {{convert|8|in|mm|0}} thick amidships and tapered to {{convert|6 ...

{{short description|Iron Duke-class battleship}} |Ship type={{sclass|Iron Duke|battleship}} ...

...to serve with the [[Royal Navy]]. She was the world's second ocean-going, iron-hulled, armoured [[warship]], following her [[sister ship]], {{HMS|Warrior| ...th the ability to penetrate a nominal {{convert|9.6|in|mm|0}} of [[wrought iron]] armour at the [[muzzle (firearms)|muzzle]]. The 16-calibre [[RML 7 inch 6 ...

...tion]]. However, mines laid in the straits led to the loss of three allied battleships. The subsequent ground campaign, like the naval campaign, was ultimately a ..., [[Naval mine|mines]] laid in the straits led to the loss of three Allied battleships.<ref name=heath67>Heathcote, p. 67</ref> De Robeck, seeing no sense in losi ...

{{Short description|Class of British battleships}} | Class before = {{sclass|Iron Duke|battleship|4}} ...

...ge. This new model exhibited superior speed and range. As with all British battleships of that period, she was also equipped with a dozen 500-lb. mines, fired ele ...torpedoes, of the pattern at that time in process of issue to all British battleships.{{sfn|Ballard|1980|pp=234}} ...

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|Ship builder=[[Bath Iron Works]] ''Sigourney'' was laid down on 7 December 1942 by [[Bath Iron Works]] Corp., [[Bath, Maine]], [[Ship naming and launching|launched]] on 2 ...

...ndler>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=i9-0ZuKsMvIC|title=Battleships: An Illustrated History of Their Impact|author=Stanley Sandler|year=2004|pu ...s: Their Qualities, Performances, and Cost. With Chapters on Turret Ships, Iron-clad Rams |last=Reed |first=Sir Edward James |ref=Reed |location=London |pu ...