|
HMS ''Emperor of India'' was an of the British Royal Navy. She was originally to have been named ''Delhi'' but was renamed before she was completed, to honour King George V, who was also Emperor of India. The ship was laid down on 31 May 1912 at the Vickers shipyard, and was launched on 27 November 1913. The finished ship was commissioned a year later in November 1914, shortly after the start of the First World War. She was armed with a main battery of ten guns and was capable of a top speed of . Upon commissioning, ''Emperor of India'' joined the 4th Battle Squadron of the Grand Fleet, based at Scapa Flow. She took part in numerous sorties into the northern North Sea to enforce the blockade of Germany, along with frequent training exercises and gunnery drills. ''Emperor of India'' was in dock for a refit in late May 1916, so she was unavailable for the Battle of Jutland. The increased danger from submarines led both the Grand Fleet and the German High Seas Fleet to pursue more cautious strategies after Jutland, which led to a less eventful war. After the war, ''Emperor of India'' was sent to the Mediterranean Fleet, where she became involved in the Allied intervention in the Russian Civil War in the Black Sea in 1919–1921. She remained in the Mediterranean until 1926, when she was transferred to the Atlantic Fleet. The London Naval Treaty of 1930 mandated that ''Emperor of India'' and her three sister ships be dismantled. In 1931, she and underwent a series of weapons tests that proved to be highly beneficial for future British battleship designs. ''Emperor of India'' was ultimately sold for scrap in February 1932, and was broken up shortly thereafter. ==Design== (詳細はlong overall and had a beam of and an average draught of . She displaced as designed and up to at combat loading. Her propulsion system consisted of four Parsons steam turbines, with steam provided by eighteen Babcock & Wilcox boilers. The engines were rated at and produced a top speed of . Her cruising radius was at a more economical . ''Emperor of India'' had a crew of 995 officers and enlisted men, though during wartime this grew to up to 1,022.〔Gardiner & Gray, p. 31〕 ''Emperor of India'' was armed with a main battery of ten BL 13.5-inch Mk V naval guns mounted in five twin gun turrets. They were arranged in two superfiring pairs, one forward and one aft; the fifth turret was located amidships, between the funnels and the rear superstructure. Close-range defence against torpedo boats was provided by a secondary battery of twelve BL 6-inch Mk VII guns. The ship was also fitted with a pair of QF 3-inch 20 cwt anti-aircraft guns and four 3-pounder guns.〔"Cwt" is the abbreviation for hundredweight, 20 cwt referring to the weight of the gun.〕 As was typical for capital ships of the period, she was equipped with four torpedo tubes submerged on the broadside. ''Emperor of India'' was protected by a main armoured belt that was thick over the ship's vitals. Her deck was thick. The main battery turret faces were thick, and the turrets were supported by thick barbettes.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「HMS Emperor of India」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
|