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Queen Elizabeth Class Battleships Class Overview |
Name |
Builder |
Launched |
Commissioned |
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Portsmouth Dockyard Portsmouth, England |
Oct. 16, 1913 |
Jan. 19, 1915 |
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Fate |
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Sold Mar. 19, 1948 to Arnott Young and scrapped at Dalmuir, Scotland.
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Name |
Builder |
Launched |
Commissioned |
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Devonport Dockyard Plymouth, England |
Nov. 26, 1913 |
Mar. 19, 1915 |
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Fate |
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Sold July 12, 1946 to Metal Industries but wrecked en route at Mounts Bay on
Apr. 23, 1947. Resold to R. H. Bennett Bristol, England and scrapped on site. |
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Name |
Builder |
Launched |
Commissioned |
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John Brown & Co. Ltd. Clydebank, Scotland |
Oct. 31, 1914 |
Oct. 19, 1915 |
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Fate |
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Sunk Nov. 25, 1941 by U-331 (torpedo).
Location: Mediterranean Sea 227 miles NW of Alexandria, Egypt. 862 crewmen were killed, 487 survivors. |
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Name |
Builder |
Launched |
Commissioned |
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Fairfield Shipbuilding Ltd.
Govan, Scotland |
Nov. 4, 1914 |
Feb. 19, 1916 |
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Fate |
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Sold Mar. 19, 1948 to Arnott Young, stripped at Cairnryan, Scotland and
hull scraped at Troon, Scotland. |
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Name |
Builder |
Launched |
Commissioned |
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Armstrong Whitworth & Co. Ltd. Newcastle-on-Tyne, England |
Mar. 18, 1915 |
Feb. 19, 1916 |
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Fate |
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Sold February 20, 1948 to Metal Industries and scrapped at Faslane, Scotland.
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Name |
Builder |
Launched |
Commissioned |
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Agincourt |
Portsmouth Dockyard* Portsmouth, England |
N/A |
N/A |
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Fate |
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Ordered in 1913, scheduled to be laid down in Jan. 1915.
Order cancelled Jan. 1915. |
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Class Notes: |
*Some sources indicate Agincourt was due to be built at the Devonport Dockyard. |
Page revised Feb. 23, 2007 |