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 |
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| New Zealand | Fairfield, Govan | Fairfield, Parsons turbines | 20 June 1910 | 1 July 1911 | November 1912 | £1,684,990 £94,200 |
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| 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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