H.M.S. Ramilles
07
1943
(Neptun 1103b)
- Class: Royal Sovereign - 5 battleships of 1914-16
- Displacement: 29,150 tons
- Dimensions: 580 (pp) 620.5 (oa) x 88.5 (102.5 outside bulges) x 28.5 ft.
- Machinery: 4-shaft geared turbines, S.H.P. 40,000 = 21.5 knots
- Armor: belt 4-6 in. (ends), 6-13 in. (amid), decks 1-2.5 in. (fwd) 1.75-2 in. (amid), 3-5.5 in. (aft), turrets 4.25-13 in., C.T. 11-13 in.
- Armament: 8-15 in. (4x2), 8-6 in. (8x1), 8-4 in. A.A. (4x2), 24-2 pdr. A.A. (2x8+2x4) guns; 1 aircraft
- Complement: 1,146
- Builder: Beardmore / Cammell Laird
- Laid Down: 12 Nov 1913
- Launched: 12 Sep 1916
- Commissioned: Sep 1917
- Scrapped: 23 Apr 1948
- Service: Home fleet 1939, East Indies and Mediterranean fleet 1940, Atlantic escort 1941, Eastern fleet 1942-43. Damaged by Japanese midget submarine at Diego Suarez 31 May 1942. Home fleet 1944. Provided gunfire support at Normandy east of Sword beach. Reserve as accommodation ship 1945.
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