| Name: | HERCULES |
| Type: | Battleship |
| Keel: | 30/07/1909 |
| Launched: | 10/05/1910 |
| Completed: | 31/07/1911 |
| Builder: | Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co |
| Yard: | Jarrow |
| Yard Number: | 805 |
| Dimensions: | 19680disp - 22700disp, 545.8 x 86.7 x 26.3(draft)ft |
| Engines: | 8 x Steam turbines, Parsons type, 25000hp |
| Engines by: | Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co, Jarrow |
| Propulsion: | 4 x Screws, 21.0knots |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Armament: | 5 x 2 x 12.0ins, 16 x 1 x 4.0ins guns; 3 x 1 x 21.0ins torpedoes |
| History: | |
| 31/07/1911 | British Royal Navy |
| 08/11/1921 | Broken up |
| Comments: | Member of the Colossus Class of Dreadnought Battleships |
| Served at Jutland, scoring hits on the German battle fleet | |
| 08/11/1921: Sold for breaking up | |
| 1922: Broken up at Kiel in Germany |
Above photo is courtesy of The Engineer
Above photo is courtesy of Kevin Blair
Above photo is courtesy of Kevin Blair
Above photo is courtesy of Kevin Blair
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Above photo is courtesy of Kevin Blair
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Above photo is copyright of the Imperial War Museum
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Grantham Journal, Saturday, 14/05/1910