HMS Malaya
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HMS Malaya was a British Royal Navy Queen Elizabeth-class battleship that served prominently in both World Wars, particularly in Mediterranean and Atlantic operations.
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| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| HMS Malaya canonical | 1 |
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Queen Elizabeth-class battleship
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Royal Navy warship ⓘ |
| armament |
8 × 15-inch (381 mm) main guns in four twin turrets
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anti-aircraft guns ⓘ secondary 6-inch guns ⓘ torpedo tubes (as built) ⓘ |
| armor |
armored decks and turrets
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belt armor up to about 13 inches ⓘ |
| battleOfJutlandDate | 1916-05-31 ⓘ |
| beam | about 90 feet (27 meters) ⓘ |
| builder | Armstrong Whitworth NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| commissioned | 1916-02-01 ⓘ |
| country | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| crewComplement |
about 1,200 officers and men (WWI era)
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about 1,200–1,300 officers and men (WWII era) ⓘ |
| damagedIn | Battle of Jutland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| decommissioned | 1945-12-01 ⓘ |
| displacement | approximately 33,000 tons (full load, WWII) ⓘ |
| fate | sold for scrap ⓘ |
| flagshipOf | elements of the Mediterranean Fleet (interwar period) ⓘ |
| fundedBy | Federated Malay States government NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hitBy | German torpedo ⓘ |
| laidDown | 1913-10-20 ⓘ |
| launched | 1915-03-18 ⓘ |
| length | about 643 feet (196 meters) ⓘ |
| maximumSpeed | about 24 knots (as built) ⓘ |
| modernized |
1920s
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1930s ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Federated Malay States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| operator | Royal Navy ⓘ |
| participatedIn |
Atlantic convoy escort duties
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Battle of Jutland NERFINISHED ⓘ Mediterranean Fleet operations NERFINISHED ⓘ Norwegian Campaign convoy operations NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| propulsion |
oil-fired boilers
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steam turbines ⓘ |
| role |
convoy escort
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fleet battleship ⓘ |
| scrappedAt | United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| servedInConflict |
World War I
NERFINISHED
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World War II NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| shipyard | Elswick, Newcastle upon Tyne NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| soldForScrap | 1948 ⓘ |
| sustainedDamage | torpedo damage to port side ⓘ |
| theaterOfOperations |
Atlantic Ocean
NERFINISHED
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Mediterranean Sea NERFINISHED ⓘ North Sea NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| torpedoedDate | 1941-03-20 ⓘ |
| torpedoedLocation | Atlantic Ocean NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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