Battleship

Portsmouth Dockyard
Portsmouth, England

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1912

October 16, 1913

October 21, 1912

January 19, 1915

Sold Mar. 19, 1948 to Arnott Young and scrapped in Dalmuir, Scotland.

643' 9"

4 Parsons direct drive steam turbines

90' 5"

24 Babcock & Wilcox (oil fired) water tube type

30' 5" std.

4

29,150 std. / 33,000 full

75,000

25 knots (design) 24 actual

951 (WW1) 1,184 (WW2)

4,400 NM @ 10 knots

643' 9"

Same as above

104' (across bulges)

Same as above

30' 8" std.

Same as above

32,107 std. / 35,000 full

Same as above

Same as above

951 (WW1) 1,184 (WW2)

Same as above

643' 9"

4 Parsons single reduction geared steam turbines

104' (across bulges)

8 Admiralty 3 drum type

31' 8" std. / 34' 9" full

4

32,468 std. / 36,565 full

80,000

24 knots std. / 23.5 knots full

1,184

13,500 NM @ 10 knots

8

15"/42 (381mm)

4 twin turrets

29,000 yards @ 30.1° (16.4 miles)
with a 1,920 lb. armor piercing shell

16 (a)

6"/45 (152mm) BL

single mounts

23,770 yards @ 30° (13.5 miles)
with a 112 lb. HE shell

2

3"/45 (76mm) QF DP

single mounts

12,950 yards @ 40° (7.3 miles)
AA ceiling 15,700' (max effective)
with a 12.5 lb. HE shell

2 (b)

4"/45 (102mm) QF

single mounts

19,850 yards @ 45° (11.2 miles)
AA ceiling 39,000'
with a 35 lb. HE shell

20 (c)

4.5"/45 (114mm) QF

10 twin turrets

20,750 yards @ 45° (11.7 miles)
AA ceiling 41,000'
with a 55 lb. HE shell

32 (d)

1.575"/39 (40mm)
Pom Poms

4 octuple mounts

AA ceiling 13,300 yards
with a 1.81 lb. shell
Rate of fire 115 RPM

16 (e)

.5"/90 (127mm)
Machine guns

4 quad mounts

AA ceiling 5,000'
Rate of fire up to 600 RPM

52 (f)

.79"/70 (20mm)
Oerlikon MG

single mounts

AA ceiling 10,000'
Rate of fire up to 320 RPM

4 (g)

21" (533mm)
torpedo tubes

broadside
all submerged

4,500 yards @ 45 knots (2.5 miles)
10,750 yards @ 31 knots (6.1 miles)
515 lb. TNT warhead

3

Aircraft

(a) 2 removed in 1915, all removed in 1937-40 refit.

(b) Added in 1916, increased to 4 mounts during 1926-27 refit.
All removed in 1937-40 refit.

(c) Added during 1937-40 refit.

(d) Added during 1937-40 refit.

(e) Added during 1937-40 refit.

(f) Up to 52 mounted during World War 2.

(g) 2 removed in 1926-27 refit.

Mediterranean Fleet.

Grand Fleet. (Flagship 1916-1920).

Atlantic Fleet.

Mediterranean Fleet.

Rebuilt (see new dimensions above)
Two funnels trunked into a single funnel.
Bridge superstructure rebuilt.
Torpedo bulges added.

Atlantic Fleet.

Mediterranean Fleet.

Rebuilt at Devonport Dockyard. Moved to Rosyth, Scotland for completion in Dec. 1940.
Bridge superstructure rebuilt.
Pole mast changed to tripod mast.

Home Fleet.

Mediterranean Fleet.

Sunk at Alexandria, Egypt by a Limpet mine laid by SLC-223 under the command of
A. Marcegila. Three chariots were delivered by the Italian submarine Scirè to a point just outside the harbor on the night of Dec. 18 and when the submarine nets were opened to allow a ship in, they followed. In addition to the Queen Elizabeth the battleship HMS Valiant, the destroyer HMS Jervis F-00 and a Norwegian tanker Sagona were badly damaged. All three chariots were scuttled and the crews were taken POW, some were held on the ships that were about to explode. The Queen Elizabeth sank on an even keel with the deck above water. After she was raised and temporary repairs had been made she was moved to the Norfolk Naval Shipyard in Norfolk, Virginia for permanent repairs which lasted until June 1943.

Home Fleet.

Eastern Fleet.

Under repair at Durban, South Africa.

Home Fleet.

Reserve Fleet.

Sold for scrap.

Arrived at Dalmuir for scrapping. (Hull scrapped in Troon, Scotland)

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