HMS Queen Mary |
Type: |
Battlecruiser |
Class: |
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Builder: |
Palmer's Shipbuilding & Iron Company Ltd. Jarrow-on-Tyne, England |
Pennant Number: |
N/A |
Ordered: |
1910 |
Launched: |
March 20, 1912 |
Keel Laid: |
March 6, 1911 |
Commissioned: |
April 9, 1913 |
Fate: |
Sunk May 31, 1916 at the Battle of Jutland by gunfire from SMS Derfflinger and SMS Seydlitz. (Wreck located in 1991) Location: North Sea, west of Jutland, Denmark. 1,257 crewmen killed, 9 survivors. (Note some sources list as many as 1,278 killed) (Roll of Honour) |
Dimensions, machinery and performance |
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Length: |
700' |
Engines: |
4 Parsons geared steam turbines |
Beam: |
88' 9 " |
Boilers: |
42 Yarrow (coal fired with oil backup) |
Draft: |
27' std. / 28' 10" full |
Shafts: |
4 |
Displacement: |
27,300 std. / 30,710 full |
HP: |
70,000 |
Speed: |
27 knots |
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Crew: |
1000+ |
Range: |
5,610 NM @ 10 knots / 2,420 NM @ 23.9 knots |
Armament as built
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Number Carried
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Type
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Arrangement
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Maximum Range / Ceiling
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8 |
13.5"/45 (343mm) Mk V (H) |
4 twin turrets |
23,740 yards @ 20° (13.4 miles) 1,400 lb. AP shell Rate of fire 1-2 RPM |
16 |
4"/50 (102mm) BL Mk VII |
Single mounts casemates |
11,600 yards @ 15° (6.5 miles) 31 lb. HE shell Rate of fire 6-8 RPM |
2 |
21" (533mm) torpedo tubes |
broadside submerged |
10,750 yards @ 31 knots (6.1 miles) 4,500 yards @ 45 knots (2.5 miles) 515 lb. TNT warhead |
History |
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Aug. 28, 1914: |
Battle of Heligoland Bight. |
Builder's Data |
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Page published Oct. 19, 2007 |