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Lion Class (1909) Battlecruisers Class Overview |
Dimensions, machinery and performance |
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Length: |
700' |
Engines: |
4 Parsons geared steam turbines |
Beam: |
88' 2" (a) |
Boilers: |
42 Yarrow (coal fired with oil backup) |
Draft: |
27' std. / 28' 10" full |
Shafts: |
4 |
Displacement: |
26,270 std. / 29,680 full (b) |
HP: |
70,000 |
Speed: |
27 knots (c) |
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Crew: |
1000+ |
Range: |
5,610 NM @ 10 knots / 2,420 NM @ 23.9 knots |
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Construction notes: |
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(a): |
Queen Mary 88' 9" beam. |
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(b): |
Queen Mary 27,300 std. / 30,710 full displacement. |
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(c): |
Princess Royal achieved 28.52 knots on trials @ 76,510 HP |
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Armament as built
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Number Carried
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Type
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Arrangement
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Maximum Range / Ceiling
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8 |
13.5"/45 (343mm) (a) |
4 twin turrets |
23,740 yards @ 20° (13.4 miles) 1,400 lb. AP shell Rate of fire 1-2 RPM |
14 (b) |
4"/50 (102mm) BL Mk VII |
Single mounts casemates |
11,600 yards @ 15° (6.5 miles) 31 lb. HE shell Rate of fire 6-8 RPM |
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21" (533mm) torpedo tubes |
broadside submerged |
10,750 yards @ 31 knots (6.1 miles) 4,500 yards @ 45 knots (2.5 miles) 515 lb. TNT warhead |
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Armament notes: |
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(a): |
Mk V (L) on Lion and Princess Royal, Mk V (H) on Queen Mary. |
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(b): |
16 4"/50 (102mm) on Queen Mary |
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After 1917 Lion and Princess Royal had several AA guns installed. |
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Name |
Builder |
Launched |
Commissioned |
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Devonport Dockyard Plymouth, England |
Apr. 20, 1911 |
Apr. 29, 1911 |
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Fate |
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Sold Jan. 31, 1924 to Hughes Blockow, stripped at Jarrow and hull scrapped
at Blyth, Scotland. (Roll of Honour) |
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Name |
Builder |
Launched |
Commissioned |
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Vickers, Sons & Maxim Ltd. Barrow-in-Furness, England |
Apr. 29, 1911 |
Nov. 14, 1912 |
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Fate |
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Sold Dec. 19, 1922 to A.J. Purves, resold and scrapped at
Rosyth Shipbreaking, Rosyth, Scotland. (Roll of Honour) |
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Name |
Builder |
Launched |
Commissioned |
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Palmer's Shipbuilding & Iron Co. Ltd. Jarrow-on-Tyne, England |
Mar. 20, 1912 |
Sept. 4, 1913 |
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Fate |
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Sunk May 31, 1916 at the Battle of Jutland by gunfire from SMS Derfflinger and
SMS Seydlitz. Location: North Sea, west of Jutland, Denmark. 1,257 crewmen killed, 9 survivors. (Note some sources list as many as 1,278 killed) (Roll of Honour) |
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Class Notes: |
All three ships participated in the Battle of Jutland. Lion and Princess Royal were both damaged and Queen Mary was sunk. |
Page revised Sept. 25, 2007 |