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History
Irresistible in 1914
United Kingdom
Name	Irresistible
Builder	Chatham Dockyard
Laid down	11 April 1898
Launched	15 December 1898
Completed	October 1901
Commissioned	4 February 1902
Fate	Mined and sunk, 18 March 1915
General characteristics
Class and type	Formidable-class battleship
Displacement	Normal: 14,500 long tons (14,700 t) Full load: 15,800 long tons (16,100 t)
Length	431 ft 9 in (131.6 m) o/a
Beam	75 ft (22.9 m)
Draught	25 ft 11 in (7.90 m)
Installed power	20 × water-tube boilers 15,000 ihp (11,000 kW)
Propulsion	2 × triple-expansion steam engines 2 × screw propellers
Speed	18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph)
Range	5,500 nmi (10,190 km; 6,330 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph)
Complement	780
Armament	4 × 12 in (305 mm) guns 12 × 6 in (152 mm) guns 10 × QF 12-pdr guns 6 × QF 3-pdr guns 4 × 18 in (457 mm) submerged torpedo tubes
Armour	Belt: 9 in (229 mm) Bulkheads: 9–12 in (229–305 mm) Barbettes: 12 in (305 mm) Turrets: 10 in (254 mm) Casemates: 6 in (152 mm) Conning tower: 14 in (356 mm) Deck: 1–3 in (25–76 mm)

HMS Irresistible—the fourth British Royal Navy ship of the name—was a Formidable-class pre-dreadnought battleship. The Formidable-class ships were developments of earlier British battleships, featuring the same battery of four 12-inch (305 mm) guns—albeit more powerful 40-calibre versions—and top speed of 19 knots (35 km/h; 22 mph) of the preceding Canopus class, while adopting heavier armour protection. The ship was laid down in April 1898, was launched in December that year, and was completed in October 1901. Commissioned in 1902, she initially served with the Mediterranean Fleet until April 1908, when she was transferred to the Channel Fleet. Now outclassed with the emergence of the dreadnought class of ships, she entered service with the Home Fleet in 1911 following a refit. In 1912, she was assigned to the 5th Battle Squadron.

Following the outbreak of World War I, Irresistible, along with the squadron, was assigned to the Channel Fleet. After operations with the Dover Patrol, during which she bombarded German forces in northern France, she was assigned to the Dardanelles Campaign in February 1915. She took part in numerous unsuccessful attacks on the Ottoman forts guarding the Dardanelles in February and March. These operations included several raids by landing parties to destroy Ottoman coastal artillery batteries. On 18 March, she struck a naval mine that caused extensive flooding and disabled her engines. Without power, she began to drift into the range of Turkish guns, which laid down a withering fire. Attempts to tow her failed, so her surviving crew was evacuated and Irresistible was abandoned and eventually sank. Her crew suffered around 150 killed in the sinking.