Picture by kind permission of the artist John Dawkins.
Click here to see more of his work.

HMS EMPEROR OF INDIA

Type:

Battleship, Iron Duke Class

Pennant:

16

Displacement:

25,820 tons (net)

Length:

623 feet

Beam:

90 feet

Draught:

29 feet 6 inches

Speed:

21 knots

Laid Down:

31st May 1912

Launched:

27th November 1913

Armament:

10x13.5 inch 45cal guns; 12x6 inch 50cal guns; 2x3 inch guns; 4x3 pdr guns; 4x21inch torpedo tubes

Builders:

Vickers, Barrow

Machinery:

18xBabcock & Wilcox boilers; 4xParsons turbines SHP 29,000

Commissioned:

Crew:

925

Sister ships:

Iron Duke, Marlborough, Benbow