British Battleships of the Second Great War
Queen Elizabeth class Battleships (1915-1916)
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HMS Queen Elizabeth and
Valiant
Specifications (following 1941 refit)
Weight: 36,513 long tons fully loaded
Propulsion: 4x Parsons geared steam turbines, 8x Admiralty 3-drum boilers
Range: 13,500 nautical miles
Speed: 23.5 knots
Aviation Capacity: 2 Supermarine Walrus Floatplanes, 1 catapult
Armor:
- Belt: 330mm
- Upper Belt: 152mm
- Conning Tower: 76mm
- Turrets: 330mm
- Barbettes: 340mm
- AA guns: 51mm
- Main Deck: 76mm
- Magazine Protection: 127mm
- Over Machinery: 63mm
- Bulkheads: 152mm
Armament:
- 8 x BL 15-in/42-caliber MK. I(N) guns (4x2)
- 20 x 4.5-inch/45-caliber QF MK. III AA guns (10x2)
- 32 x 40mm QF Mk. VIII "Pom-pom" AA guns (4x8)
- 16 x 12.7mm Vickers AA machine-guns (4x4)
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HMS Warspite
Specifications (following 1937 refit)
Weight: 36,450 long tons fully loaded
Propulsion: 4x Parsons geared steam turbines, 6x Admiralty 3-drum boilers
Range: 13,500 nautical miles
Speed: 23.5 knots
Aviation Capacity: 2 Supermarine Walrus Floatplanes, 1 catapult
Armor:
- Belt: 330mm
- Upper Belt: 152mm
- Conning Tower: 76mm
- Turrets: 330mm
- Barbettes: 340mm
- Main Deck: 76mm
- Magazine Protection: 127mm
- Over Machinery: 63mm
- Bulkheads: 152mm
Armament:
- 8 x BL 15-in/42-caliber MK. I guns (4x2)
- 8 x BL 152mm/45-caliber MK. XII secondary guns
- 8 x 102mm/45-caliber QF MK. XVI AA guns (4x2)
- 32 x 40mm QF Mk. VIII "Pom-pom" AA guns (4x8)
- 16 x 12.7mm Vickers AA machine-guns (4x4)
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HMS Malaya
Specifications (following 1940 refit)
Weight: 35,932 long tons fully loaded
Propulsion: 4x Parsons geared steam turbines, 6x Admiralty 3-drum boilers
Range: 13,500 nautical miles
Speed: 23.5 knots
Aviation Capacity: 2 Supermarine Walrus Floatplanes, 1 catapult
Armor:
- Belt: 330mm
- Upper Belt: 152mm
- Conning Tower: 127mm
- Turrets: 330mm
- Barbettes: 340mm
- Main Deck: 76mm
- Magazine Protection: 127mm
- Over Machinery: 63mm
- Bulkheads: 152mm
Armament:
- 8 x BL 15-in/42-caliber MK. I guns (4x2)
- 12 x BL 152mm/45-caliber MK. XII secondary guns
- 8 x 102mm/45-caliber QF MK. XVI AA guns (4x2)
- 32 x 40mm QF Mk. VIII "Pom-pom" AA guns (4x8)
- 16 x 12.7mm Vickers AA machine-guns (4x4)
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HMS Barham
Specifications (following 1941 refit)
Weight: 36,785 long tons fully loaded
Propulsion: 4x Parsons geared steam turbines, 6x Admiralty 3-drum boilers
Range: 13,500 nautical miles
Speed: 23.5 knots
Aviation Capacity: 1 Fairey Swordfish Floatplane, 1 catapult
Armor:
- Belt: 330mm
- Upper Belt: 152mm
- Conning Tower: 127mm
- Turrets: 330mm
- Barbettes: 340mm
- Main Deck: 76mm
- Magazine Protection: 127mm
- Over Machinery: 63mm
- Bulkheads: 152mm
Armament:
- 8 x BL 15-in/42-caliber MK. I guns (4x2)
- 12 x BL 152mm/45-caliber MK. XII secondary guns
- 8 x 102mm/45-caliber QF MK. XVI AA guns (4x2)
- 32 x 40mm QF Mk. VIII "Pom-pom" AA guns (4x8)
- 16 x 12.7mm Vickers AA machine-guns (4x4)
- 20 x 178mm UP AA Rockets (20x1)
Ship | Builder | Laid Down | Launched | Commissioned | Decommissioned | Fate |
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HMS Queen Elizabeth | Portsmouth Dockyard, Portsmouth. | October 21, 1912 | October 16, 1913 | January 1915 | | Sunk by Luftwaffe Aircraft in Portsmouth, May 16, 1944. BU 1950-1954. |
HMS Warspite | Devonport Dockyard, Plymouth. | October 31, 1912 | November 26, 1913 | March 1915 | September 1944 | To the USA (USS Warspite ((IX-303)) as war reparations, September 1944. Sunk for target practice off California, 3/22/1948. |
HMS Barham | John Brown, Clydebank | February 24, 1913 | October 31, 1914 | October 1915 | | Sunk by U-571 in the Eastern Mediterranean, October 15, 1942, |
HMS Valiant | Fairfield, Govan | January 31, 1913 | November 4, 1914 | February 1916 | | Sunk during the Second Battle of Bermuda, April 6, 1943. |
HMS Malaya | Vickers-Armstrong, Tyne | October 20, 1913 | March 18, 1915 | February 1916 | | Sunk Japanese battleships during the Battle of the Indian Ocean, April 24, 1944. |
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Revenge class Battleship (1916-1917)
Specifications (following 1941 refit)
Weight: 33,500 long tons fully loaded
Propulsion: 4x Parsons geared steam turbines, 18x Yarrow boilers
Range: 4,200 nautical miles
Speed: 22 knots
Aviation Capacity: 1 Fairey Seafox Floatplane, 1 catapult
Armor:
- Belt: 330mm
- Upper Belt: 152mm
- Conning Tower: 127mm
- Turrets: 330mm
- Barbettes: 340mm
- Casemates: 152mm
- Main Deck: 51mm
- Magazine Protection: 76mm
- Upper Deck: 38mm
- Bulkheads: 152mm
Armament:
- 8 x BL 15-in/42-caliber MK. I guns (4x2)
- 12 x BL 152mm/45-caliber MK. XII secondary guns
- 8 x 102mm/45-caliber QF MK. XVI AA guns (4x2)
- 16 x 40mm QF Mk. VIII "Pom-pom" AA guns (2x8)
- 8 x 12.7mm Vickers AA machine-guns (2x4)
Ship | Builder | Laid Down | Launched | Commissioned | Decommissioned | Fate |
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HMS Revenge | Vickers-Armstrong, Barrow | December 22, 1913 | May 29, 1914 | March 1916 | | Sunk by USS Searaven near the Falkland Islands, July 29, 1943. |
HMS Royal Oak | Devonport Dockyard, Plymouth | January 15, 1914 | November 17, 1914 | May 1916 | | Sunk by Japanese aircraft near Singapore, June 29, 1943 |
HMS Resolution | Palmers, Jarrow | November 29, 1913 | January 14, 1915 | December 1916 | | Sunk Japanese battleships during the Battle of the Indian Ocean, April 24, 1944. |
HMS Royal Sovereign | Portsmouth Dockyard, Portsmouth | January 15, 1914 | April 29, 1914 | May 1916 | September 1944 | Damaged by USN aircraft in Scapa Flow, September 16, 1942 and never repaired. BU 1945. |
HMS Ramillies | Beardmore, Dalmuir | November 12, 1913 | September 12, 1916 | September 1917 | September 1944 | Badly damaged in the Buenos Aires Raid, December 2, 1943 and never repaired. Scrapped 1944-1949. |
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King Edward VIII class Battleship (1939-1941)
Specifications (As originally completed)
Weight: 46,500 long tons fully loaded
Propulsion: 4x Parsons geared steam turbines, 8x Admiralty 3-drum boilers
Range: 14,000 nautical miles
Speed: 30 knots
Aviation Capacity: 2 Supermarine Walrus Floatplanes, 1 catapult
Armor:
- Belt: 381mm
- Upper Belt: 152mm
- Conning Tower: 114mm
- Turrets: 374mm
- Barbettes: 374mm
- AA guns: 51mm
- Main Deck: 140mm
- Magazine Protection: 37mm
- Over Machinery: 125mm
- Bulkheads: 305mm
Armament:
- 9 x BL 16-in/42-caliber MK. I guns (3x3)
- 16 x 133mm/50-caliber QF MK. I DP guns (8x2)
- 48 x 40mm QF Mk. VIII "Pom-pom" AA guns (6x8)
Ship | Builder | Laid Down | Launched | Commissioned | Fate |
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HMS King Edward VIII | Vickers-Armstrong, Tyne | January 30, 1936 | February 21, 1938 | December 11, 1939 | Sunk during the Second Battle of Bermuda, April 11, 1943. |
HMS Albion | Cammell Laird, Birkenhead | January 30, 1936 | May 3, 1938 | March 31, 1940 | Sunk during the Second Battle of Bermuda, April 11, 1943. |
HMS Dominion | John Brown, Clydebank | May 5, 1936 | February 28, 1939 | November 4, 1940 | Sunk Luftwaffe aircraft in the Norwegian Sea, July 15, 1943. |
HMS Nelson | Fairfield, Govan | July 20, 1936 | February 24, 1939 | June 22, 1941 | Sunk by USN aircraft at Scapa Flow, June 16, 1944. Raised and Scrapped, 1948-1953. |
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Britannia class Battleship (NC)
Specifications (As planned)
Weight: 50,780 long tons fully loaded
Propulsion: 4x Parsons geared steam turbines, 8x Admiralty 3-drum boilers
Range: 14,000 nautical miles
Speed: 30 knots
Aviation Capacity: 2 Supermarine Walrus Floatplanes, 1 catapult
Sensors: Various Radars
Armor:
- Belt: 406mm
- Upper Belt: 152mm
- Conning Tower: 114mm
- Turrets: 374mm
- Barbettes: 374mm
- AA guns: 51mm
- Main Deck: 140mm
- Magazine Protection: 152mm
- Over Machinery: 125mm
- Bulkheads: 305mm
Armament:
- 12 x BL 16-in/42-caliber MK. II guns (4x3)
- 16 x 133mm/50-caliber QF MK. I DP guns (8x2)
- 48 x 40mm QF Mk. VIII "Pom-pom" AA guns (6x8)
Ship | Builder | Laid Down | Planned Commissioning | Fate |
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HMS Britannia | Vickers-Armstrong, Barrow | August 14, 1940 | Late 1943 | Construction suspended, July 1943. Scrapped on the slipway, 1946. |
HMS Anson | John Brown, Clydebank | September 9, 1940 | Early 1944 | Construction suspended, July 1943. Broken up on the slipway, 1946. |
HMS Hood | Vickers-Armstrong, Tyne | December 17, 1940 | 1944 | Work halted, October 1941. Scrapped on the slipway, July 1943. |
HMS Rodney | Fairfield, Govan | March 22, 1941 | 1944 | Work halted, September 1941. Scrapped on the slipway, April 1943. |