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HMS Erin
HMS ''Erin'' was a dreadnought battleship of the Royal Navy which was originally built in response to an order placed by the Ottoman government with the British Vickers company. She was intended, when accepted for service in the Ottoman Navy, to be named ''Reşadiye'', as the first of two ''Reşadiye''-class battleships. The Ottoman intention was to procure a battleship which was at least the equal of any other ship currently afloat or building.〔Burt. p. 221.〕 The design was based on that of , but with some features of . In August 1914, when the First World War broke out, the ship was nearly completed; but at the orders of Winston Churchill, the First Lord of the Admiralty, she was seized (together with another dreadnought battleship under construction in Britain for the Ottoman Navy, ''Sultan Osman I'', which was renamed as HMS ''Agincourt'') for use by the Royal Navy.
==Design and Appearance==
The design was based closely on the design of ''King George V'', but with a number of modifications. British battleships of the period were required by the Admiralty to be of a size that could be accommodated by existing docks, which imposed absolute limitations on beam and on draught. ''Erin'' was built with a greater beam and a shorter length than ''King George V'', the greater stability so produced allowing for the installation of a heavier secondary battery and the positioning of "Q" turret one deck higher.〔''Conways''. p. 36.〕 She had only a single mast, the foremast, which supported the fighting top and was situated ahead of the forefunnel. The legs of the tripod foremast spread forward rather than the more usual aft orientation; This was to allow the ship's boats to be worked by booms from this mast, in the absence of a mainmast. As a further result of this mast arrangement the charthouse could not be built as part of the conning tower, but was built as a separate structure around the base of the mast.〔Parkes. p. 399.〕
She was built with a plough bow, a design which cut more cleanly through the water, leading to less water coming on board the forecastle in a heavy sea.
The two funnels were closer together than in any previous British dreadnought, and the appearance of the secondary battery was distinctive, extending as it did from "B" turret to "X" turret.〔Burt p. 229〕
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