High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The Iron Duke-class was a group of four dreadnought battleships built for the British Royal Navy before the First World War. The class comprised four ships: Iron Duke, Marlborough, Benbow, and Emperor of India. Launched from October 1912 to November 1913, this was the third class of Royal Navy super- dreadnoughts. The ships were essentially King George V-class battleships; they retained the same ten 13.5 inch (34.3 cm) guns in five twin gun turrets on the centreline. However, the Iron Dukes had improved armour and a more powerful secondary armament of 6- inch weapons instead of the 4-inch mounted on the earlier ships. The four ships were the most advanced battleships in the Royal Navy at the outbreak of the First World War, though they were soon surpassed by the Queen Elizabeth class battleships. They all saw extensive service during the war with the Grand Fleet, where Iron Duke acted as the flagship for the fleet commander, Admiral John Jellicoe.

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