Battleships

British "Queen Elisabeth" Class - Dreadnoughts -

	Between 1913 and 1915 British shipyards launched a new sensational series of battleships the Queen Elizabeth class (Barham, Malaya, Queen Elizabeth, Valiant and Warspite). Not much bigger than their predeccessors they carried eight 381mm guns and achieved a top speed of 24 knots despite of their strong armour.
	In the thirties they were modernized

	Technical Data
	Built: Displacement: Dimensions: Propulsion: Max. Speed: Range: Crew:	1913-16 29,150 / 33,000 t 195.0 x 27.6 x 9.0 m 75,000 shp; 4 turbines 25 kts 2,734 nm @ ? kts 1,234
	Tactical Data
	Main: Secondary: Minor/AA: Armour: Torpedoes: Searchlights:	8x381 [4x2] 16x152 2x76 belt: 330; deck: 23; turrets: 330 4x ?

	Queen Elizabeth -
	Barham - 1914-10-31: launched at J.Brown, Clydebank; 1915-10-19: commissioned: 1916: damaged at the Battle of Jutland; 1916-06-04: repairs finished; 1939-12-28: torpedoed by U 30 in the North Atlantic, repairs at Liverpool lasted 1940; 1941-05-27: bombed off Crete; 1914-11-25: sunk by torpedoes off Sollum by U 331
	Valiant -
	Malaya -
	Warspite -

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