H.M.S. Malaya
01
1943
(Neptun 1105)
- Class: Queen Elizabeth - 5 battleships of 1912-13
- Displacement: 31,100 tons
- Dimensions: 600 (pp) 639.75 (oa) x 90.5 (104 outside bulges) x 30.75 ft
- Machinery: 4-shaft geared turbines, S.H.P. 80,000 = 24 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 (4x2), 12-6in (12x1), 12-4in (6x2) AA, 32-2pdr (4x8) AA, 15-20mm AA guns
- Complement: 1,124
- Builder: Vickers-Armstrong, Newscastle
- Laid Down: 20 Oct 1913
- Launched: 18 Mar 1915
- Commissioned: 19 Feb 1916
- Service: Gift of the Malayan Rulers. Part of 5th Battle Squadron at Jutland, 1916. Visited Malaya 1921. Reconstructed 1934-36. Mediterranean fleet and Atlantic escorts 1939-40, Force "H" 1941, Home fleet and Reserve 1941-44. Reserve as accomodation ship 1945. Scrapped 1948-50.
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