H.M.S. Royal Oak
08
1939
(Neptun 1103)
- 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), 12-6 in. (12x1), 8-4 in. A.A. (4x2), 16-2 pdr. A.A. (2x8) guns; 4-21 in. T.T.; 1 aircraft
- Complement: 1,146
- Builder: Devonport Dockyard
- Laid Down: 15 Jan 1914
- Launched: 17 Nov 1914
- Commissioned: 1 May 1916
- Service: 1916, 4th B.S., Jutland. 1919, Atlantic, etc. Major refit at Plymouth from 1934 to 1936. 1939, Home fleet. At Scapa Flow in the early morning of 14 Oct 1939 she was struck by 4 torpedoes from German submarine U-47; capsized and sank with the loss of 833 of her crew.
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