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{{Infobox Ship Image
|Ship image=[[Image:HMS Invincible (1907) British Battleship.jpg|300px|HMS Invincible]]<br/><center>⏎
|Ship caption=HMS ''Invincible''</center> 

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{{Infobox Ship Class Overview
|Name=''Invincible''-class battlecruiser
|Builders=[[Armstrong Whitworth]], [[John Brown & Company]], [[Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company|Fairfields]] 
|Operators={{navy|UK}} 
|Class before=
|Class after=[[Indefatigable-  class⏎
!style="color: white; height: 30px; background: navy;"|[[Image:Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg|60px|RN Ensign]]
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!colspan="2" align="center" style="color: white; height: 30px; background: navy;"|General characteristics
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|D battlecruiser]]
|Subclasses=
|Cost=£1.7 m
|Built range=[[1906]]&ndash;[[1909]]
|In service range=[[1909]]&ndash;[[1921]]
|In commission range=
|Total ships building=
|Total ships planned=
|Total ships completed=3
|Total ships cancelled=
|Total ships active=
|Total ships laid up=
|Total ships lost=1
|Total ships retired=
|Total ships preserved=
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|Ship displacement:
|=17,373&nbsp;tons average load<br />20,078&nbsp;tons average deep load
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|LShip length:
|= {{convert|567|ft|m|abbr=on}} overall
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|Beam:
|Ship beam={{convert|78.5|ft|m|abbr=on}}
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|DShip draught:
|={{convert|26.16|ft|m|1|abbr=on}}
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|PShip propulsion:
|=[[Parsons Marine Steam Turbine Company|Parsons]] turbines, four shafts, 31 Babcock & Wilcox or Yarrow boilers, 41,000&nbsp;ihp
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|SShip speed:
|= {{convert|25.5|knot|km/h}}
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|RShip range:
|= 3,090&nbsp;[[nautical mile|nm]] at {{convert|10|knot|km/h|0}}
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|CShip endurance=
|Ship boats=
|Ship capacity=
|Ship troops=
|Ship complement:
|= 784
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|AShip armament:
|= 8 × {{convert|12|in|mm|0|adj=on}} /45&nbsp;cal Mk X (4 × 2)<br /> 16 × {{convert|4|in|mm|0|adj=on}} /45&nbsp;cal Mk III QF<br /> 7 Maxim [[machine gun]]s<br /> 5 × {{convert|18|in|mm|0|adj=on}} [[torpedo tube]]s, submerged 
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|Armor:
|Ship armour=4–6&nbsp;in (100–150&nbsp;mm) belt<br /> 2–7&nbsp;in (50–180&nbsp;mm) barbettes<br /> 6–10&nbsp;in (150–250&nbsp;mm) conning tower<br /> 7&nbsp;in (180&nbsp;mm) turret<br /> 0.75–2.5&nbsp;in (20–65&nbsp;mm) deck
|Ship notes=
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The three '''''Invincible'' class''' [[battlecruisers]] were built for the [[Royal Navy]] and entered service in 1908 as the world's first battlecruisers. They were the brainchild of [[John Fisher, 1st Baron Fisher|Admiral Sir John (Jackie) Fisher]], the man who had sponsored the construction of the world's first "all big gun" warship, {{HMS|Dreadnought|1906|6}}. He visualised a new breed of warship, somewhere between the [[armoured cruis(contracted; show full) - the armoured belt measured 6&nbsp;inches amidships and 4&nbsp;inches at the bow, with the deck armour in some places only ¾ of an inch thick. This compared with an armoured belt of 11&nbsp;inches on ''Dreadnought''. But, it was [[John Fisher, 1st Baron Fisher|Admiral Fisher's]] assertion that the ships' speed would be their protection. They were designed for {{convert|25|knot|km/h|0}}, but in the event, all three bettered {{convert|28|knot|km/h|0}}.

==Building 
Pprogramme==
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The following table gives the build details and purchase cost of the members of the ''Invincible'' class. Whilst standard British practice at that time was for these costs to '''exclude''' armament and stores, for some reason the cost quoted in [[Brassey's Naval Annual| The Naval Annual]] for this class '''includes''' armament.
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! rowspan=2 |Ship
! align=center rowspan=2 | Builder
! align=center rowspan=2 | Engine builder
! align=center rowspan=2 | Laid down
! align=center rowspan=2 | Launched
! align=center rowspan=2 | Completed
(contracted; show full)|align=center | [[16 March]] [[1907]]
|align=center | [[25 June]] [[1908]]
|align=right | £1,761,080 *
|align=right | £1,662,337<br /><small>armament </small>£90,000
|}
<nowiki>*</nowiki> = estimated cost, including guns

== In 
Sservice ==
All three ships entered service in the first half of 1908. Initially, ''Invincible'' and ''Inflexible'' were assigned to the [[Home Fleet]], while ''Indomitable'' took the [[George V of the United Kingdom|Prince of Wales]] (later [[George V of the United Kingdom|King George V]]) to the tercentennial celebrations in [[Canada]], before also joining the [[Home Fleet]].

(contracted; show full);Indomitable'' in the 2nd BCS. However, after Jutland there was little significant naval activity, thanks to the [[Kaiser Wilhelm II|Kaiser's]] order that his ships should not be allowed to go to sea unless assured of victory. The end of the war saw the end for many of the older vessels, not least the two remaining ''Invincible'' class ships. Both were sent to the Reserve Fleet in 1919, and were [[paid off]] in March 1920, before being sold for scrap in December 1922.

==
    References    ==
;Notes
{{Reflist}}
;Bibliography
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* [[Thomas Brassey, 2nd Earl Brassey| Hythe, Viscount]] (ed)[[Brassey's Naval Annual| The Naval Annual 1914]]
* Gardiner, Robert and Gray, Randal (ed) ''Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906 - 1921'', Conway Maritime Press, London, 1982.  ISBN 0-85177-245-5.
* Parkes, Oscar   ''British Battleships'', first published Seeley Service & Co, 1957, published United States Naval Institute Press, 1990.  ISBN 1-55750-075-4⏎
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==Notes==
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==External links==
*[http://www.worldwar1.co.uk/battlecruiser/hms-invincible.html World War 1 Naval Combat]

==See also==
{{Commons|Category:Invincible class battlecruiser}}
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{{Invincible class battlecruiser}}

[[Category:Battlecruiser classes]]
[[Category:Invincible class battlecruisers| Invincible class battlecruiser]]
[[Category:World War I battlecruisers of the United Kingdom| Invincible class battlecruiser]]

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