H.M.S. Queen Elizabeth
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1943
(Neptun 1104)
- Class: Queen Elizabeth - 5 battleships of 1912-13
- Displacement: 32,700 tons
- Dimensions: 600 (pp) 639.75 (oa) x 90.5 (104 outside bulges) x 32.75 ft.
- Machinery: 4-shaft geared turbines, S.H.P. 80,000 = 24 knots
- Armor: Main belt 5.75-7 in. (ends), 8-13 in. (amid), decks 1.25-3 in. (ends), 3.75-5.5 in. (amid), turrets 5-13 in., C.T. 11 in.
- Armament: 8-15 in. (4x2), 20-4.5 in. D.P. (10x2), 32-2 pdr. A.A. (4x8) guns; 4 aircraft
- Complement: 1,184
- Builder: J. Brown (Clydebank) / Fairfield (Govan)
- Laid Down: 21 Oct 1912
- Launched: 16 Oct 1913
- Commissioned: 22 Dec 1914
- Service: At the Dardanelles 1915. Part of the 5th Battle Squadron 1916, but under refit at time of Jutland. Reconstructed 1937-40. Home fleet 1941, Mediterranean fleet 1941-42; mined and sunk in shallow water at Alexandria 18-19 Dec 1941 by Italian frogmen launched from submarine Scire. Raised and refitted in U.S.A. 1942-43, Eastern fleet 1944, East Indies 1945. Scrapped 1948.
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