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and simplicity—all the three vital requisites of gunpower, speed and draught so well balanced!" In fact they could be considered the epitome of Fisher's belief in the paramount importance of speed over everything else. Fisher's adherence to this principle is highlighted in a letter he wrote to
Churchill concerning the battleships of the 1912–13 Naval Estimates. In the letter, dated April 1912, Fisher stated: "There must be sacrifice of armour ... There must be further VERY GREAT INCREASE IN SPEED ... your speed must vastly exceed your possible enemy!"
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light cruisers managed to slip through the gaps in the
British patrols and destroyed a convoy headed to Scandinavia during the morning of 17 October, but no word was received of the engagement until that afternoon. The 1st CS was ordered to attempt to intercept the German ships, but they proved to be
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was derived from the 15-inch Mark I gun used in her half-sisters. It was intended to be mounted in two single-gun turrets derived from the twin-gun 15-inch Mark I/N turret, and her barbettes were designed to accommodate either turret in case problems arose with the 18-inch gun's development, but only
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battleship that was canceled shortly after the war began. The guns could be depressed to −3° and elevated to 20°; they could be loaded at any angle up to 20°, although loading at high angles tended to slow the gun's return to battery (firing position). The ships carried 120 shells per gun. They fired
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well short of the bow. The belt had a height of 23 feet (7.0 m), of which 18 inches (0.5 m) was below the designed waterline. From the forward barbette a three-inch bulkhead extended out to the ship's side between the upper and lower decks and a comparable bulkhead was in place at the rear
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was modified with a large hangar capable of housing ten aircraft on her forecastle replacing the forward turret. A 160-foot (49 m) flight deck was built along its roof. Aircraft were flown off and, less successfully, landed on this deck. Although the aft turret was fitted and the gun trialled,
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of 2,270 ft/s (690 m/s) to a distance of 28,900 yards (26,400 m). It could fire one round per minute and the ship carried sixty rounds of ammunition. The turret's revolving mass was 826 long tons (839 t), only slightly more than the 810 long tons (823 t) of its predecessor.
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Project was only one justification for the ships. Admiral Fisher wrote in a letter to the DNC on 16 March 1915: "I've told the First Lord that the more that I consider the qualities of your design of the Big Light Battle Cruisers, the more that I am impressed by its exceeding excellence
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of 1922 required the signatory nations to severely curtail their plans for new warships and scrap many existing warships to meet its tonnage limits. Up to 66,000 long tons (67,000 t) of existing ships, however, could be converted into aircraft carriers, and the Royal Navy chose to convert the
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s secondary armament consisted of 11 BL 5.5-inch Mk I guns. The guns had a maximum elevation of 25° on their pivot mounts. They fired 82-pound (37 kg) projectiles at a muzzle velocity of 2,790 ft/s (850 m/s) at a rate of 12 rounds per minute. Their maximum range was 16,000 yd
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returned to her builders for further modifications. In
November 1917 the rear turret was replaced by a 300-foot (91 m) deck for landing aircraft over another hangar. Her funnel and superstructure remained intact, with a narrow strip of decking around them to connect the fore and aft flight
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integral to the hull which was intended to explode the torpedo before it hit the hull proper and vent the underwater explosion to the surface rather than into the ship. However, later testing proved that it was not deep enough to accomplish its task as it lacked the layers of empty and full
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on the foremast. The secondary armament was also director-controlled. Each turret was provided with a 15-foot (4.6 m) rangefinder in an armoured housing on the turret roof. The fore-top was equipped with a 9-foot (2.7 m) rangefinder as was the torpedo control tower above the rear
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spent the first months of the war hunting for German raiders and escorting convoys before she began to support
British forces in Norway. She spent most of 1940 in Norwegian waters making attacks on German installations and shipping, and most of 1941 ferrying aircraft to West Africa,
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also was temporarily fitted as a minelayer in April 1917, but never actually laid any mines. In mid-1917 both ships received a dozen torpedo tubes in pairs: one mount on each side of the mainmast on the upper deck and two mounts on each side of the rear turret on the quarterdeck.
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had forbidden any further construction of ships larger than light cruisers in 1915, so Fisher designated the ships as large light cruisers to evade this prohibition. If this restriction had not been in place, the ships would have been built as improved versions of the preceding
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was detached from the 1st CS and ordered to sweep along the 56th parallel as far as 4° East and to return before dark. The other two ships were not initially ordered to sea, but were sent to reinforce the 2nd Light
Cruiser Squadron patrolling the central part of the
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barbette as well. Four decks were armoured with thicknesses varying from .75 to 3 inches (19 to 76 mm), with the greatest thicknesses over the magazines and the steering gear. After the loss of three battlecruisers to magazine explosions during the
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guns, the largest guns ever fitted on a Royal Navy ship, in single turrets with the ability to use twin 15-inch (381 mm) gun turrets if the 18-inch guns were unsatisfactory. Gunnery experts criticized this decision because the long time between
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of 24 feet 11 inches (7.6 m) at deep load. She displaced 19,513 long tons (19,826 t) at load and 22,890 long tons (23,257 t) at deep load. She had a metacentric height of 5.33 feet (1.6 m) at deep load.
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marked on their maps; the ships turned south, playing no further role in the battle. The German ships had too much of a lead to be caught by the
British ships before they had to turn to avoid the minefield.
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shell at a muzzle velocity of 2,625 ft/s (800 m/s). At maximum elevation the guns had a maximum range of 13,500 yards (12,344 m). The ships carried 120 rounds for each gun.
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and their escorting light cruisers. Based on intelligence reports the
Admiralty decided on 17 November 1917 to allocate two light cruiser squadrons, the 1st CS covered by the reinforced
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was designed with a pair of 18-inch (457 mm) guns, the largest guns ever fitted on a ship of the Royal Navy, but was modified during construction to take a flying-off deck and
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from the funnel and superstructure was severe enough that only three landing attempts were successful before further attempts were forbidden. Her 18-inch guns were reused on the
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of 25 feet 10 inches (7.9 m) at deep load. They displaced 19,180 long tons (19,490 t) normally and 22,560 long tons (22,922 t) at deep load. They had a
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s (cork-filled trawlers, used to detonate mines without sinking) and two trawlers to mark the swept route, were spotted at 7:30 a.m., silhouetted by the rising sun.
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guns in two twin hydraulically powered Mark I turrets, one each fore (designated the 'A' turret) and aft (the 'Y' turret). These turrets were originally intended for a
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served together throughout the war. Both ships were initially assigned to the 3rd Light
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and other targets in Norway in 1944. She was worn out by late 1944 and was reduced to reserve in September before being decommissioned the following year.
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would make spotting corrections useless and reduce the rate of fire and thus the probability of a direct hit. Her secondary armament was upgraded to
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s forward turret was wrecked when a shell detonated inside the gun barrel. At 9:30 the 1st CS broke off their pursuit so they would not enter a
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one turret was actually fitted. The gun could depress to −3° and elevate to a maximum of 30°. It fired a 3,320-pound (1,510 kg), 4
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the following year as a turret drill ship. She became flagship of the Rear-Admiral Commanding the Reserve at Devonport in March 1920.
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opened fire with their forward guns seven minutes later. The Germans responded by laying an effective
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351:: .75–3 in (19–76 mm)
3772:Ship classes of the Royal Navy
1541:"cwt" is the abbreviation for
618:BL 5.5-inch (140 mm) Mk I
566:Director of Naval Construction
357:: 3–7 in (76–178 mm)
18:Courageous class battlecruiser
1:
1181:Even as she was being built,
695:To save weight and space the
345:: 2–3 in (51–76 mm)
1670:. NavWeaps.com. 1 April 2010
1632:Roberts, pp. 71, 74, 76, 79.
819:Each ship mounted a pair of
3723:Grouping of several classes
3711:All completed after the war
2732:Pre-dreadnought battleships
2151:Campbell, N. J. M. (1978).
1558:, which is one hour behind
1247:later that day. Two German
581:Chancellor of the Exchequer
570:Eustace Tennyson-d'Eyncourt
288:(59 km/h; 37 mph)
3793:
3167:Destroyer flotilla leaders
1825:Roberts, pp. 54, 106, 113.
1464:unsuccessfully hunted the
1400:
1385:which participated in the
1283:1st Battlecruiser Squadron
1262:
770:-class ships mounted four
369:: 10 in (254 mm)
308:15-inch (381 mm) guns
3704:
2448:
1285:and, more distantly, the
1134:in November 1916 off the
1086:
1078:
1029:
990:
982:
977:
974:
971:
968:
965:
962:
959:
314:4-inch (102 mm) guns
188:General characteristics (
187:
49:
34:
2392:-class aircraft carriers
239:81 ft (24.7 m)
2628:Dreadnought battleships
1435:Washington Naval Treaty
1371:on the forward turret.
1186:it was not long before
1177:as originally completed
863:armour-piercing, capped
842:submerged side-loading
647:General characteristics
508:were sunk early in the
473:in lieu of her forward
2276:Roberts, John (1997).
1304:and the light cruiser
1178:
894:fire-control directors
810:BL 4-inch Mark IX guns
801:
541:
538:Brassey's Naval Annual
524:Design and description
3767:Battlecruiser classes
2385:-class battlecruisers
2251:British Battleships,
2100:Jenkins, pp. 277–288.
1988:McBride, pp. 110–112.
1979:Newbolt, pp. 164–165.
1970:Newbolt, pp. 156–157.
1961:Newbolt, pp. 150–151.
1521:was sold in 1948 for
1173:
935:Krupp cemented armour
888:The main guns of the
851:18-inch BL Mark I gun
840:21-inch (533 mm)
796:
531:
492:All three ships were
440:The first two ships,
3739:Single ship of class
2132:Buxton, Ian (2008).
2113:Burt, R. A. (1986).
1025:, 17 September 1939
655:-class ships had an
408:Admiral of the Fleet
296:842 officers and men
2324:Dreadnought Project
1884:Burt, pp. 309, 313.
1816:Burt, pp. 308, 313.
1696:on 17 February 2012
1657:Burt, pp. 291, 308.
1623:Roberts, pp. 64–65.
1369:Sopwith 1½ Strutter
1291:1st Battle Squadron
1234:, commander of the
1095:Armstrong Whitworth
999:Armstrong Whitworth
558:anti-torpedo bulges
390:consisted of three
273:4 shafts; 4 geared
3001:Protected cruisers
2342:Photo gallery for
1476:Norwegian Campaign
1293:to the operation.
1179:
946:anti-torpedo bulge
802:
705:small-tube boilers
678:Their half-sister
669:metacentric height
603:Their half-sister
592:as "Lord Fisher's
542:
500:during the 1920s.
435:small-tube boilers
3752:
3751:
2912:Duke of Edinburgh
2875:Armoured cruisers
2510:Seaplane carriers
2466:
2465:
2330:Photo gallery of
2143:978-1-59114-045-0
1467:Admiral Graf Spee
1123:
1122:
1038:Harland and Wolff
939:torpedo bulkheads
928:Battle of Jutland
772:BL 15-inch Mark I
562:torpedo bulkheads
485:sheds during the
381:
380:
373:Torpedo bulkheads
97:Succeeded by
16:(Redirected from
3784:
3203:Thornycroft (or
2493:
2486:
2479:
2470:
2375:
2368:
2361:
2352:
2313:
2291:
2272:
2242:
2229:Naval Operations
2220:
2201:
2195:
2187:
2166:
2147:
2128:
2101:
2098:
2092:
2089:
2083:
2082:Rohwer, pp. 1–3.
2080:
2074:
2073:Jenkins, p. 274.
2071:
2065:
2062:
2056:
2053:
2047:
2046:
2044:
2042:
2031:
2025:
2024:Newbolt, p. 347.
2022:
2016:
2015:Campbell, p. 66.
2013:
2007:
2006:Campbell, p. 67.
2004:
1998:
1997:McBride, p. 115.
1995:
1989:
1986:
1980:
1977:
1971:
1968:
1962:
1959:
1953:
1950:
1944:
1941:
1935:
1932:
1926:
1923:
1917:
1914:
1903:
1902:McBride, p. 109.
1900:
1894:
1891:
1885:
1882:
1876:
1873:
1867:
1864:
1835:
1834:Roberts, p. 111.
1832:
1826:
1823:
1817:
1814:
1808:
1805:
1799:
1798:McBride, p. 106.
1796:
1790:
1787:
1781:
1780:
1778:
1776:
1765:
1759:
1758:
1756:
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1737:
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1723:
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1706:
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1686:
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1649:
1646:
1633:
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1624:
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1612:
1609:
1603:
1600:
1594:
1591:
1585:
1582:
1563:
1552:
1546:
1539:
1397:Post-war history
1362:
1327:
1216:during the war.
1056:14 October 1916
1046:Northern Ireland
1013:28 October 1916
1010:5 February 1916
957:
878:
838:and mounted two
821:QF 3 inch 20 cwt
750:
730:shaft horsepower
723:
510:Second World War
76:
74:
73:
39:
32:
21:
3792:
3791:
3787:
3786:
3785:
3783:
3782:
3781:
3757:
3756:
3753:
3748:
3729:converted from
3700:
3677:
3605:
3515:
3492:
3464:
3395:
3347:
3220:
3161:
3099:
2995:
2951:
2931:
2869:
2802:
2783:King Edward VII
2741:Royal Sovereign
2726:
2714:Queen Elizabeth
2622:
2500:
2497:
2467:
2462:
2444:
2422:
2394:
2379:
2320:
2310:
2294:
2288:
2275:
2269:
2245:
2239:
2223:
2217:
2204:
2188:
2169:
2163:
2150:
2144:
2131:
2125:
2112:
2109:
2104:
2099:
2095:
2090:
2086:
2081:
2077:
2072:
2068:
2064:Parkes, p. 647.
2063:
2059:
2054:
2050:
2040:
2038:
2033:
2032:
2028:
2023:
2019:
2014:
2010:
2005:
2001:
1996:
1992:
1987:
1983:
1978:
1974:
1969:
1965:
1960:
1956:
1951:
1947:
1943:Parkes, p. 624.
1942:
1938:
1934:Parkes, p. 622.
1933:
1929:
1925:Parkes, p. 621.
1924:
1920:
1915:
1906:
1901:
1897:
1893:Roberts, p. 54.
1892:
1888:
1883:
1879:
1874:
1870:
1866:Roberts, p. 63.
1865:
1838:
1833:
1829:
1824:
1820:
1815:
1811:
1806:
1802:
1797:
1793:
1789:Roberts, p. 93.
1788:
1784:
1774:
1772:
1767:
1766:
1762:
1752:
1750:
1745:
1744:
1740:
1736:Roberts, p. 83.
1735:
1731:
1721:
1719:
1714:
1713:
1709:
1699:
1697:
1688:
1687:
1683:
1673:
1671:
1666:
1665:
1661:
1656:
1652:
1647:
1636:
1631:
1627:
1622:
1615:
1611:Roberts, p. 53.
1610:
1606:
1602:Roberts, p. 46.
1601:
1597:
1593:Roberts, p. 51.
1592:
1588:
1583:
1576:
1572:
1567:
1566:
1553:
1549:
1540:
1536:
1531:
1505:Operation Torch
1410:was reduced to
1405:
1399:
1360:
1325:
1271:High Seas Fleet
1267:
1261:
1128:
1106:18 August 1916
955:
911:
886:
876:
867:muzzle velocity
788:armour-piercing
784:muzzle velocity
764:
748:
721:
693:
649:
609:BL 18-inch Mk I
526:
458:High Seas Fleet
400:First World War
252:Installed power
71:
69:
45:
28:
23:
22:
15:
12:
11:
5:
3790:
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3779:
3774:
3769:
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3750:
3749:
3747:
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3740:
3737:
3734:
3727:
3724:
3721:
3718:
3715:
3712:
3709:
3705:
3702:
3701:
3699:
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3693:
3687:
3685:
3683:naval trawlers
3679:
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3668:
3661:
3654:
3647:
3640:
3628:
3621:
3615:
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3607:
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3598:
3591:
3586:
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3576:
3571:
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3536:
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3525:
3523:
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3508:
3502:
3500:
3494:
3493:
3491:
3490:
3485:
3480:
3474:
3472:
3466:
3465:
3463:
3462:
3455:
3448:
3441:
3434:
3427:
3420:
3413:
3405:
3403:
3397:
3396:
3394:
3393:
3386:
3379:
3372:
3365:
3357:
3355:
3349:
3348:
3346:
3345:
3340:
3333:
3328:
3323:
3316:
3311:
3309:Yarrow Later M
3306:
3301:
3296:
3291:
3286:
3281:
3276:
3271:
3266:
3261:
3256:
3251:
3246:
3241:
3236:
3230:
3228:
3222:
3221:
3219:
3218:
3212:Admiralty (or
3209:
3200:
3193:
3186:
3179:
3171:
3169:
3163:
3162:
3160:
3159:
3152:
3145:
3138:
3131:
3124:
3117:
3109:
3107:
3105:Scout cruisers
3101:
3100:
3098:
3097:
3090:
3083:
3076:
3069:
3062:
3055:
3048:
3041:
3034:
3027:
3020:
3013:
3005:
3003:
2997:
2996:
2994:
2993:
2986:
2979:
2974:
2967:
2961:
2959:
2957:Light cruisers
2953:
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2949:
2941:
2939:
2937:Heavy cruisers
2933:
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2930:
2929:
2922:
2915:
2908:
2901:
2894:
2887:
2879:
2877:
2871:
2870:
2868:
2867:
2862:
2855:
2848:
2841:
2834:
2827:
2820:
2812:
2810:
2808:Battlecruisers
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2803:
2801:
2800:
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2786:
2779:
2772:
2765:
2758:
2751:
2744:
2736:
2734:
2728:
2727:
2725:
2724:
2717:
2710:
2703:
2696:
2689:
2682:
2675:
2668:
2661:
2654:
2647:
2640:
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2624:
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2599:
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2578:
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2396:
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2225:Newbolt, Henry
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554:light cruisers
550:First Sea Lord
544:The first two
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431:steam turbines
404:Baltic Project
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3366:
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3359:
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3353:Torpedo boats
3350:
3344:
3341:
3339:
3338:
3334:
3332:
3329:
3327:
3324:
3322:
3321:
3317:
3315:
3312:
3310:
3307:
3305:
3302:
3300:
3299:Thornycroft M
3297:
3295:
3292:
3290:
3287:
3285:
3282:
3280:
3277:
3275:
3272:
3270:
3267:
3265:
3262:
3260:
3257:
3255:
3252:
3250:
3247:
3245:
3242:
3240:
3237:
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3232:
3231:
3229:
3227:
3223:
3217:
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3199:
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3139:
3137:
3136:
3132:
3130:
3129:
3125:
3123:
3122:
3118:
3116:
3115:
3111:
3110:
3108:
3106:
3102:
3096:
3095:
3091:
3089:
3088:
3084:
3082:
3081:
3077:
3075:
3074:
3070:
3068:
3067:
3063:
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3056:
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3021:
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3018:
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3011:
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3745:Conversions
3417:Abercrombie
3410:Marshal Ney
3289:Admiralty M
3205:Shakespeare
2797:Lord Nelson
2644:Bellerophon
2637:Dreadnought
1722:11 November
1481:Scharnhorst
1287:battleships
1273:and German
1236:Grand Fleet
1130:During her
1065:Scharnhorst
1050:1 May 1915
865:shell at a
853:carried by
568:(DNC), Sir
536:class from
462:half-sister
411:Lord Fisher
398:during the
361:Gun turrets
324:2 × single
318:2 × single
312:6 × triple
84:Preceded by
3761:Categories
3731:Courageous
3521:Submarines
3478:Racecourse
3424:Lord Clive
3294:Hawthorn M
3226:Destroyers
3128:Pathfinder
3087:Challenger
2905:Devonshire
2859:Courageous
2838:Queen Mary
2817:Invincible
2762:Formidable
2651:St Vincent
2617:Vindictive
2429:Courageous
2410:Courageous
2400:Courageous
2390:Courageous
2383:Courageous
2332:Courageous
2107:References
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1440:Courageous
1408:Courageous
1358:Courageous
1346:Courageous
1302:Courageous
1275:submarines
1221:Courageous
1213:Lord Clive
1198:Lord Clive
1193:Turbulence
1161:Courageous
1156:Courageous
1148:Courageous
1140:Courageous
1136:River Tyne
1132:sea trials
993:Courageous
984:Courageous
972:Completed
966:Laid down
915:Courageous
909:Protection
890:Courageous
828:Courageous
806:Courageous
768:Courageous
740:; 17
697:Courageous
691:Propulsion
653:Courageous
641:Courageous
622:destroyers
598:Outrageous
590:Royal Navy
546:Courageous
534:Courageous
506:Courageous
443:Courageous
423:Courageous
396:Royal Navy
386:Courageous
293:Complement
270:Propulsion
190:Courageous
140:In service
125:Courageous
107:Subclasses
78:Royal Navy
59:Courageous
42:Courageous
3665:Aubrietia
3595:Swordfish
3114:Adventure
3080:Highflyer
2790:Swiftsure
2700:Iron Duke
2693:Agincourt
2540:Ark Royal
2427:Modified
2249:(1990) .
2227:(1996) .
2192:cite book
1570:Footnotes
1497:Gibraltar
1487:Gneisenau
1444:HMS
1420:Devonport
1330:minefield
1316:SMS
1245:North Sea
1115:Sold for
1082:subgroup
1071:Gneisenau
986:subgroup
969:Launched
836:torpedoes
637:freeboard
633:deep load
594:hush-hush
520:in 1948.
355:Barbettes
306:2 × twin
219:deep load
164:Completed
151:1916–1944
143:1916–1944
135:1915–1917
111:HMS
66:Operators
3498:Gunboats
3401:Monitors
3337:Talisman
3304:Yarrow M
3190:Marksman
3183:Faulknor
3142:Boadicea
3135:Sentinel
3066:Arrogant
3052:Powerful
2971:Arethusa
2926:Minotaur
2898:Monmouth
2748:Majestic
2665:Colossus
2561:Raven II
2554:Campania
2533:Engadine
2506:Aircraft
2417:Glorious
2336:Glorious
2298:(2005).
2257:Vanguard
2255:1860 to
2184:10154565
1462:Glorious
1446:Vanguard
1424:Glorious
1379:Zeppelin
1350:Glorious
1342:Glorious
1323:Glorious
1225:flagship
1203:monitors
1165:Glorious
1152:Glorious
1144:head sea
1062:Sunk by
1032:Glorious
1019:Sunk by
963:Builder
923:bulkhead
902:fore-top
790:shells.
762:Armament
756:fuel oil
746:Glorious
710:Champion
502:Glorious
483:Zeppelin
479:barbette
449:Glorious
301:Armament
180:Scrapped
3658:Anchusa
3390:Cricket
3343:V and W
3121:Forward
3073:Pelorus
3024:Eclipse
3017:Astraea
2990:Emerald
2946:Hawkins
2919:Warrior
2865:Admiral
2755:Canopus
2721:Revenge
2658:Neptune
2603:Nairana
2596:Pegasus
2589:Furious
2582:Manxman
2526:Riviera
2519:Empress
2439:Furious
2344:Furious
2253:Warrior
2207:Warship
2174:Furious
1519:Furious
1514:Tirpitz
1509:Furious
1492:Furious
1470:in the
1454:Furious
1428:Furious
1412:reserve
1391:Tondern
1375:Furious
1307:Cardiff
1289:of the
1250:Brummer
1240:Furious
1229:Admiral
1191:decks.
1188:Furious
1183:Furious
1175:Furious
1126:Service
1119:, 1948
1099:Elswick
1089:Furious
1080:Furious
1042:Belfast
1003:Elswick
874:Furious
855:Furious
832:Furious
798:Furious
777:Revenge
719:Furious
715:Parsons
684:draught
680:Furious
665:draught
614:salvoes
605:Furious
600:class.
514:Furious
494:laid up
466:Furious
419:draught
262:boilers
244:Draught
156:Planned
113:Furious
3696:Mersey
3691:Castle
3651:Arabis
3644:Azalea
3637:Acacia
3631:Flower
3625:Cadmus
3611:Sloops
3511:Insect
3459:Erebus
3438:Gorgon
3431:Humber
3383:TB 114
3376:TB 109
3197:Parker
3156:Active
3149:Blonde
3094:Topaze
3059:Diadem
3010:Apollo
2884:Cressy
2852:Renown
2776:Duncan
2769:London
2707:Canada
2575:Vindex
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2041:13 May
1753:10 May
1416:Rosyth
1354:Pillau
1340:, and
1318:Pillau
1252:-class
1232:Beatty
1200:-class
779:-class
742:kgf/cm
726:Yarrow
586:Renown
577:-class
575:Renown
475:turret
471:hangar
337:Armour
228:Length
200:Large
89:Renown
75:
3733:class
3488:Dance
3369:TB 98
3362:TB 81
3314:Medea
3214:Scott
3176:Swift
3045:Edgar
3038:Pearl
3031:Blake
2983:Danae
2891:Drake
2845:Tiger
2672:Orion
2610:Argus
2431:class
2402:class
1775:7 May
1700:7 May
1674:4 May
1529:Notes
1523:scrap
1501:Malta
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1117:scrap
975:Fate
960:Ship
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518:scrap
415:class
388:class
349:Decks
329:tubes
286:knots
281:Speed
132:Built
91:class
61:class
3483:Hunt
3320:Arno
2965:Town
2831:Lion
2686:Erin
2568:Anne
2334:and
2304:ISBN
2282:ISBN
2263:ISBN
2233:ISBN
2211:ISBN
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