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Thunderer HMS

Posted: Tue Jan 12, 2010 8:55 pm
by john sefton
H.M.S. Thunderer of the Orion class, was completed by the Thames Ironworks in June 1912, and was the last capital ship built in this famous yard.
The four ships of the class each displaced 22,500 tons and could steam at 21 knots.
Armament in each case was 10, 13.5-in, and 16, 4-in. guns and complements varied from 800 to 900.
The Thunderer was scrapped in 1926.
Sea Breezes August 1962 Ernest Argyle