Type
Super Dreadnought Battleship
Draught
10.33 m (33.9 ft)
Machinery
24 Yarrow oil boilers, 4 Brown Curtis reduction geared quadruple screw steam turbine (144000 shaft horsepower to 4 shafts)
Range
15933 km (9900 miles)
Armament
19158 x Mk. I 15-inch Main battery guns, mounted in 4 turrets (2 Forward, 2 Aft) 14 x 6-inch (152.4 mm) Mk. XII guns in single mountings 4 x 21-inch (503 mm) torpedo tubes 2 x 3-inch (76.2 mm) anti-aircraft guns 4 x 3-pounder(47 mm) salute guns 19418 x BL 15-inch mian battery guns (with increased elevation) mounted in 4 turrets (2 forward, and 2 aft) 8 x 6-inch (152.4 mm) Mk. XII guns 8 x 4-inch (101.6 mm) MK. XVI anit-aircraft guns 32 x 2-pounder (40 mm) 'pom-pom' anti-aircraft cannons 15 x 20 mm anti-aircraft cannons 16 x 0.50 cal Vickers anit-aircraft machine guns mounted in quad mountings.
Commissioned
1 February 1915
Decommissioned
19 Mar 1948
Fate
Sold to Arnott Young and scrapped in Dalmuir
HMS Queen Elizabeth (00) was the flagship of the Queen Elizabeth-class battleships and served with the Royal Navy in World War II
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Battleships of the Royal Navy Admiral -class battlecruiserKing George V -class battleshipLion -class battleship•
Nelson -class battleshipHMS Nelson (28) • HMS Rodney (29)
Queen Elizabeth -class battleshipRevenge -class battleshipHMS Royal Sovereign (05) • HMS Revenge (06) • HMS Ramilles (07) • HMS Royal Oak (08) • HMS Resolution (09)
Robert -class battleshipHMS Abercrombie • HMS Robert (F40)
Vanguard -class battleshipHMS Vanguard (23)