H.M.S. Repulse
34
1940
(Neptun 1106aT)
- Class: Repulse - 2 battlecruisers of 1916
- Displacement: 32,000 tons
- Dimensions: 750 (pp) 794.25 (oa) x 90 (102.75 outside bulges) x 26.75 ft.
- Machinery: 4-shaft geared turbines, S.H.P. 112,000 = 29 knots
- Armor: belt 4-6 in. (fwd), 6-9 in. (amid), 3 in. (aft), decks 2.5-3 in. (fwd) 3-4 in. (amid), 3.5-4 in. (aft), turrets 7-11 in., C.T. 10 in.
- Armament: 6-15in (3x2), 12-4in (4x3), 8-4in AA (2x2+4x1), 16-2pdr AA (2x8) guns, 8-.5in MG (2x4); 8-21in TT; 4 aircraft
- Complement: 1,181
- Builder: Fairfield / Cammell Laird
- Laid Down: 25 Jan 1915
- Launched: 8 Jan 1916
- Commissioned: 18 Aug 1916
- Service: Home fleet 1939-41; Eastern fleet 1941. Sunk off Malaya by Japanese land-based naval bombers 10 Dec 1941, while in company with HMS Prince of Wales.
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