H.M.S. Warspite
1915
(Navis 101N)
- Class: Queen Elizabeth - 5 battleships of 1912-13
- Displacement: 27,500t normal; 31,500t deep load
- Dimensions: 645ft 9in oa x 90ft 6in x 28ft 9in
- Machinery: 4-shaft geared turbines, S.H.P. 56,000 = 25 knots
- Armor: Main belt 4-6 in. (ends), 8-13 in. (amid), decks 1.25-3 in. (ends), 3.25-4 in. (amid), turrets 5-13 in., C.T. 11 in.
- Armament: 8-15in/42 (4x2), 14-6in/45 (14x1), 2-3in AA; 4-21in TT
- Complement: 925
- Builder: Devonport Dockyard
- Laid Down: 31 Oct 1912
- Launched: 26 Nov 1913
- Commissioned: 19 Mar 1915
- Service: One of five fast, 25-knot battleships, the first class to mount a main battery with 15" guns. Part of 5th Battle Squadron at Jutland 1916, where she took 15 hits. Warspite was reconstructed 1934-37 to play a prominent part in World War II. Mediterranean and Home fleets 1939-42, Eastern fleet 1942-43, Force "H" 1943, Home fleet and Reserve 1944-45. Wrecked en route to Faslane for scrapping, 1947. Sisters Queen Elizabeth, Valiant, Barham, and Malaya.
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