HMS Collingwood (1908)

Collingwood at anchor, 1912
History
United Kingdom
Name:	Collingwood
Namesake:	Vice-Admiral Cuthbert Collingwood, 1st Baron Collingwood
Ordered:	26 October 1907
Builder:	Devonport Royal Dockyard
Laid down:	3 February 1908
Launched:	7 November 1908
Commissioned:	April 1910
Fate:	Sold for scrap, 12 December 1922
General characteristics (as built)
Class and type:	St Vincent-class dreadnought battleship
Displacement:	19,700 long tons (20,000 t) (normal)
Length:	536 ft (163.4 m) (o/a)
Beam:	84 ft 2 in (25.7 m)
Draught:	28 ft (8.5 m)
Installed power:	24,500 shp (18,300 kW) 18 × Yarrow boilers
Propulsion:	4 × shafts; 2 × steam turbine sets
Speed:	21 knots (39 km/h; 24 mph)
Range:	6,900 nmi (12,800 km; 7,900 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph)
Complement:	758
Armament:	5 × twin 12-inch (305 mm) guns 20 × single 4-inch (102 mm) guns 3 × 18-inch (450 mm) torpedo tubes
Armour:	Belt: 8–10 inches (203–254 mm) Bulkheads: 5–8 inches (127–203 mm) Deck: .75–3 inches (19–76 mm) Turrets: 11 inches (279 mm) Barbettes: 5–10 inches (127–254 mm) Conning tower: 8–11 in (203–279 mm)

HMS Collingwood was a St Vincent-class dreadnought battleship built for the Royal Navy in the first decade of the 20th century. She spent her whole career assigned to the Home and Grand Fleets and often served as a flagship. Prince Albert (later King George VI) spent several years aboard the ship before and during World War I. At the Battle of Jutland in May 1916, Collingwood was in the middle of the battleline and lightly damaged a German battlecruiser. Other than that battle, and the inconclusive Action of 19 August, her service during the war generally consisted of routine patrols and training in the North Sea. The ship was deemed obsolete after the war; she was reduced to reserve and used as a training ship before being sold for scrap in 1922.

The design of the St Vincent class was derived from that of the previous Bellerophon class, with a slight increase in size, armour and more powerful guns, among other more minor changes. Collingwood had an overall length of 536 feet (163.4 m), a beam of 84 feet 2 inches (25.7 m), and a normal draught of 28 feet (8.5 m). She displaced 19,700 long tons (20,000 t) at normal load and 22,800 long tons (23,200 t) at deep load. In 1911 her crew numbered 758 officers and enlisted men.