HMS Irresistible (1898)
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| Career
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| Laid down: | April 11, 1898
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| Commissioned: | February 4, 1902
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| Fate: | Sunk by mine,
March 18, 1915
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| General Characteristics
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| Displacement: | 15,000 tons
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| Speed: | 18 knots
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| Complement: | 780
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| Armament: | 4 12 inch guns
12 6 inch guns
4 torpedo tubes
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| Aircraft: | None
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HMS Irresistible was a Formidable-class battleship of the Royal Navy, built at the Chatham shipyards. During World War I, the Irresistible struck a Turkish mine and sank while participating in the final attempt to force the Dardanelles straits on March 18, 1915.
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