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Lion Class (1939) Battleships Class Overview |
Dimensions, Machinery and Performance |
Length: |
785' |
Engines: |
4 Parsons single reduction geared steam turbines |
Beam: |
105' |
Boilers: |
8 Admiralty 3 drum type (oil fired) |
Draft: |
33' 6" |
Shafts: |
4 |
Displacement: |
46,500 full |
SHP: |
130,000 |
Speed: |
28 knots |
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Crew: |
1,600 |
Range: |
N/A |
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Armament Proposed |
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Number Carried
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Type
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Arrangement |
Maximum Range / Ceiling |
9 |
16"/50 |
3 triple turrets (2 fore 1 aft) |
N/A |
16 |
5.2"/50 |
8 twin mounts |
N/A |
48 |
40mm Pom Poms |
6 octuple mounts |
N/A |
4 |
Aircraft |
1 catapult |
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Name |
Builder |
Ordered |
Keel Laid Down |
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Lion |
Armstrong Whitworth Co. Ltd. Newcastle-on-Tyne, England |
Feb. 21, 1939 |
July 4, 1939 |
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Fate |
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Construction suspended on Mar. 27, 1941, order cancelled in 1944.
Scrapped on site. |
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Name |
Builder |
Ordered |
Keel Laid Down |
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Téméraire |
Cammell Laird Ltd. Birkenhead, England |
Feb. 21, 1939 |
June 1, 1939 |
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Fate |
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Construction suspended on Mar. 27, 1941, order cancelled in 1944.
Scrapped on site. |
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Name |
Builder |
Ordered |
Keel Laid Down |
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Thunderer |
John Brown & Co. Ltd. Clydebank, Scotland |
Aug. 16, 1939 |
N/A |
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Fate |
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Construction suspended in Oct. 1939, order cancelled in 1941.
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Name |
Builder |
Ordered |
Keel Laid Down |
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Conqueror |
Fairfield Shipbuilding Ltd. Govan, Scotland |
Aug. 16, 1939 |
N/A |
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Fate |
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Construction suspended in Oct. 1939, order cancelled in 1941.
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Class Notes: |
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The design called for a transom stern but otherwise appearance would have been like the King George V Class. |