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{{Infobox Ship Image
|Ship image=[[Image:HMS Invincible (1907) British Battleship.jpg|300px|HMS Invincible]]
|Ship caption=HMS ''Invincible''
}}
{{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 battlecruiser]]
|Subclasses=
|Cost=£1.7 m
|Built range=[[1906]]–[[1909]]
|In service range=[[1909]]–[[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=
}}
{{Infobox Ship Characteristics
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|Ship class=
|Ship type=
|Ship displacement=17,373&nbsp;tons average load<br />20,078&nbsp;tons average deep load
|Ship length= {{convert|567|ft|m|abbr=on}} overall
|Ship beam={{convert|78.5|ft|m|abbr=on}}
|Ship draught={{convert|26.16|ft|m|1|abbr=on}}
|Ship propulsion=[[Parsons Marine Steam Turbine Company|Parsons]] turbines, four shafts, 31 Babcock & Wilcox or Yarrow boilers, {{convert|41,000&nbsp;ihp|ihp|abbr=on}}
|Ship speed= {{convert|25.5|knot|km/h}}
|Ship range= 3,090&nbsp;[[nautical mile|nm]]{{convert|3090|nmi|km|abbr=on}} at {{convert|10|knot|km/h|0}}
|Ship endurance=
|Ship boats=
|Ship capacity=
|Ship troops=
|Ship complement= 784
|Ship 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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==Design==
In early 1906, three ships were laid down to the final specifications of Admiral Fisher's vision - {{HMS|Invincible|1908|6}}, {{HMS|Inflexible|1908|6}} and {{HMS|Indomitable|1907|6}}.

Each carried eight 12-inch guns in four twin turrets, with two mounted fore and aft and another two on the centreline port and starboard. These guns were equivalent to those mounted in the most modern [[battleships]]. However, the armour protection given to the ships was light - the armoured belt measured 
6&nbsp;inches amidships and 4&nbsp;inches{{convert|6|in|mm}} amidships and {{convert|4|in|mm}} 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{{convert|11|in|mm}} 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 programme==
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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[[Category:Invincible class battlecruisers| Invincible class battlecruiser]]
[[Category:World War I battlecruisers of the United Kingdom| Invincible class battlecruiser]]

[[fr:Invincible (croiseur)]]
[[it:Classe Invincible (incrociatore)]]
[[ja:インヴィンシブル級巡洋戦艦]]
[[pt:Cruzador de Batalha Classe-Invincible]]