Queen Elizabeth-class battleship
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The Queen Elizabeth-class battleships were a group of fast, heavily armed British dreadnoughts of World War I, noted for pioneering the use of 15-inch guns and oil-fired boilers in the Royal Navy.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Queen Elizabeth-class battleship canonical | 2 |
| Queen Elizabeth class | 1 |
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Royal Navy warship class
ⓘ
battleship class ⓘ |
| armourBeltThickness | up to 13 inches ⓘ |
| beam | about 90 feet ⓘ |
| builder |
Clydebank shipyard
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Devonport Dockyard NERFINISHED ⓘ Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company NERFINISHED ⓘ John Brown & Company NERFINISHED ⓘ Portsmouth Dockyard NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| commissionedInPeriod | 1914–1916 ⓘ |
| conflict |
World War I
ⓘ
World War II ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| crewComplement | about 950–1200 officers and men ⓘ |
| deckArmour | up to about 3 inches ⓘ |
| designedBy | Sir Eustace Tennyson d'Eyncourt NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| designedFor | service with the battlecruiser fleet ⓘ |
| displacementDeepLoad | over 33000 long tons ⓘ |
| displacementStandard | about 27000 long tons ⓘ |
| fate | all ships eventually scrapped except those sunk in wartime ⓘ |
| followedBy | Revenge-class battleship NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| laidDown |
1912
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1913 ⓘ |
| lengthOverall | about 643 feet ⓘ |
| mainArmament | 8 × 15-inch (381 mm) guns ⓘ |
| mainBatteryConfiguration | 4 twin turrets ⓘ |
| maximumSpeed | about 24 knots ⓘ |
| modernisationFeature |
enhanced deck armour
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improved anti-aircraft armament ⓘ reconstructed superstructure ⓘ upgraded fire-control systems ⓘ |
| modernised | interwar period ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Queen Elizabeth I NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| navalArchitectureEra | dreadnought era ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
pioneered 15-inch guns in Royal Navy service
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pioneered all-oil-fired boilers in a British battleship class ⓘ |
| numberOfShipsBuilt | 5 ⓘ |
| operator | Royal Navy ⓘ |
| participatedIn | Battle of Jutland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| precededBy | Iron Duke-class battleship NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| propulsion |
oil-fired boilers
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steam turbines ⓘ |
| propulsionInnovation | first Royal Navy battleship class designed for oil fuel only ⓘ |
| role | fast battleship ⓘ |
| secondaryArmament | 6-inch guns ⓘ |
| serviceLife | 1910s–1940s ⓘ |
| ship |
HMS Barham
NERFINISHED
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HMS Malaya NERFINISHED ⓘ HMS Queen Elizabeth NERFINISHED ⓘ HMS Valiant NERFINISHED ⓘ HMS Warspite NERFINISHED ⓘ |
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
HMS Valiant
this entity surface form:
Queen Elizabeth class