HMS Queen Elizabeth
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HMS Queen Elizabeth

Laid Down: 21 October 1912

Launched: 16 October 1913

Builder: Portsmouth Dockyard

Machinery: Four Parsonsgeared turbines; 24 Babcock & Wilcox boilers; 4 Shafts

Power Output: 75,000 SHP

Displacement
Normal : 27,500 tons (27,940 tonnes)
Full Load: 33,020 tons (33,548 tonnes)

Dimensions
Length: 646 ft 1 in (196.6 m) o.a.
Beam: 90 ft 6 in (27.6 m)
Height: 30 ft (9.1 m)

Armour
Belt: 4-13 in (102-330 mm)
Upper Belt: 4-6 in (102-152 mm)
Bulkheads: 4-6 in (102-152 mm)
Decks: 1-3 in (25-76 mm)
Barbettes: 4-10 in (102-254 mm)
Turrets: 5-13 in (127-330 mm)
Conning Tower: 11 in (279 mm)

Armament
Eight 15 in (381 mm)
Sixteen 6 in (152 mm)
Two 3 in AA (76 mm)
Four 21 in Torpedo tubes

Performance
Speed: 23 kts (46.3 km/h)
Range (at 12.5 kts): 7,500 n.m. (13,840 km)
Oil: 3,300 tons (3,353 tonnes)
Coal: 100 tons (102 tonnes)

Compliment: 925

Other Ships in Class: Warspite, Valiant, Barham, Malaya
 

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