Indefatigable Class Battlecruiser - Construction

Construction

The following table gives the build details and purchase cost of the members of the Indefatigable class. Whilst standard British practice at that time was for these costs to exclude armament and stores, for some reason the cost quoted in The Naval Annual for Indefatigable includes the armament.

Ship Builder Engine
builder
Laid down Launched Completed Cost
BNA (1914) Parkes Gillett
Indefatigable Devonport Dockyard John Brown, Parsons turbines 23 February 1909 28 October 1909 24 February 1911 £1,536,769* £1,547,500
£94,200
New Zealand Fairfield, Govan Fairfield, Parsons turbines 20 June 1910 1 July 1911 November 1912 £1,684,990
£94,200
Australia John Brown, Clydebank John Brown, Parsons turbines 23 June 1910 25 October 1911 21 June 1913 £2,000,000

* = estimated cost, including guns

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