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In design, the three ships of the Bellerophon class (and the subsequent three of the St Vincent class ) were near-repeats of Dreadnought. Visually the only difference from HMS Dreadnought. was a second tripod mast. Due to the need of easy boat handling during peacetime, the position of the masts was far from ideal. The Bellerophons were improved on Dreadnought by addressing some design flaws. These included: The St Vincent class consisted of three ships laid down in 1908, and completed between May 1909 and April 1910. ... The sixth HMS Dreadnought of the British Royal Navy was the first battleship to have a uniform main battery, rather than having a secondary battery of similar sized guns. ...

• Foremast placed just ahead of the fore funnel

Moving it from just behind brought the lookouts stationed on the observation platform out of the ships' own smoke plume. The Dreadnought's design had been compromised for the surprisingly unwarlike reason of needing a pole to attach the boat crane to.

• 4-inch secondary armament

Studies performed while Dreadnought was building demonstrated that her 12-pdr (3-inch) guns were worthless.

• Hull form improvements

These enabled a slightly larger ship to reach the same speeds with a repeat of the Dreadnought's plant.

• More complete underwater protection

Dreadnought had bulkheads protecting just the magazines. Bellerophon had complete 1-inch to 2-inch bulkheads running longitudinally through the ship.

• A mainmast

This additional mast, sited ahead of the aft funnel but still somewhat in the smoke plume of the fore funnel, was not considered a success.

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• Thinner armor

The weight of the underwater protection was mostly taken out of the belt armor, which was reduced from 11-inch to 10-inch.

• reduced coal bunkerage, which reduced steaming endurance.

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Statistics

• Length: 522 ft waterline, 526ft overall
• Beam: 82 ft 6 in
• Draught: 31 ft 5 in
• Displacement: 18,596 t, 22,540 t load
• Armament:
  • 10 x 12 in (305 mm) 45 cal MK X (5 x 2)
  • 16 x 4 in (102 mm) 16 x 1
  • 4 x 3 pdr (1.4 kg) 4 x 1
  • 3 x 18 in (457 mm) torpedo tubes
• Propulsion: 4 shaft Parsons turbines, 23,000 shp (17 MW) for an intended speed of 21 knots (39 km/h)
• Trials:
  • HMS Bellerophon: 25,061 shp (18,688 kW) = 21.25 knots (39.36 km/h)
  • HMS Superb: 27,407 shp (20,437 kW) = 21.56 knots (39.93 km/h)
  • HMs Temeraire: 26,966 shp (20,109 kW) = 21.55 knots (39.91 km/h)
• Armour:
  • belt: 5 to 10 in (127 to 254 mm) belt
  • barbettes: 5 to 9 in (127 to 229 mm)
  • turret: 11 in (279 mm) face
  • deck: 0.5 to 3 in (13 to 76 mm)

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Ships

• HMS Bellerophon
• HMS Superb
• HMS Temeraire

Three ships of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS Bellerophon after the mythological Greek hero Bellerophon. ... Nine ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Superb. ... The fighting Temeraire, tugged to her last berth to be broken up by J. M. W. Turner, 1838. ...

Source

• World War I Naval Combat - HMS Bellerophon