| Name: | SUPERB |
| Type: | Battleship |
| Keel: | 16/02/1907 |
| Launched: | 07/11/1907 |
| Completed: | 29/05/1909 |
| Builder: | Armstrong, Whitworth & Co |
| Yard: | Elswick |
| Yard Number: | 800 |
| Dimensions: | 18600disp - 22000disp, 490.0 x 82.5 x 27.3(draft)ft |
| Engines: | 4 x Steam turbines, Parsons type, 23000ihp |
| Engines by: | Wallsend Slipway & Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend |
| Propulsion: | 4 x Screws, 21.0knots |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Armament: | 5 x 2 x 12.0ins, 4 x 2 x 4.0ins, 8 x 1 x 4ins guns; 3 x 18ins torpedoes |
| History: | |
| 29/05/1909 | British Royal Navy |
| 12/12/1922 | Broken up |
| Comments: | One of three Bellerophon class dreadnought battleships |
| 05/1922: Used as a gunnery target & for aerial attack | |
| 12/12/1922: Sold for breaking up at Dover | |
| 1923: Broken up by Stanlee Shipbreaking & Salvage Company Ltd |
Above photo, showing SUPERB passing under the Newcastle bridges, is courtesy of Janis Blower
Above photo is courtesy of Photoship
Above photo is copyright of the Imperial War Museum
Above photo is copyright of the Imperial War Museum
Above photo is courtesy of Kevin Blair
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Above photo is courtesy of Kevin Blair
Above photo is copyright of the Imperial War Museum
Above photo is copyright of the Imperial War Museum
Daily Telegraph & Courier, Friday, 08/11/1907
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