LION

Fleet

Royal Navy

Ship Type

Battle-cruiser

Nickname

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Ship Class

Lion (The Splendid Cats)

Grouping

ist Battlecruiser Squadron

Command

Battle-cruiser Fleet

Builder's Yard

Devenport Dockyard

Budget Year

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Construction Notes

The Lion class was designed by Philip Watts, Director of Naval Construction. It was a 70% increase in size over the Indefatigable class.

Date Laid Down

29.11.2009

Launch Date

06.08.2010

Completed date

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Commission date

04.06.1912

Year laid down

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Year launched

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Year completed

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Commission Year

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Pennant No

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Photo Details

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Related stories

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Sister ships

Tiger

Eventual Fate

Sold for scrap 31.01.1924

Jutland result

Fired 326 rounds from main armament with 4 hits on Lützow and 1 on Derfflinger. Fired 7 torpedoes (2 Derfflinger, 1 Wiesdbaden etc.) without any sucess- Hit 14 times. Q turret destroyed and a magazine explosion narrowly avoided

Ready for action after dock repairs

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Commander

Captain Alfred E. M. Chatfield, C.V.O. (Flying the Flag of Vice-Admiral Sir David Beatty, K.C.B., M.V.O., D.S.O.; Captain Rudolf W. Bentinck, Chief of the Staff)

Noteable Officers

Captain Ernle Chatfield, Major John Harvey VC,

Crew complement

1,092

Officers

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Ratings

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Killed

99

Wounded

51

Prisoners

150

Displacement full Load (tons)

30,820

Artefacts Data

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Ship's Model

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Length (ft)

700

Length (mtrs)

213.4

Beam (ft)

88,5

Beam (mtrs)

27

Draught (ft)

32,5

Draught (mtrs)

9.9

Max. Speed (knots)

28 knots

Range (miles)

6,460 at 10kts

Range (kilometres)

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Fuel

Coal with fuel oil sprays

Propulsion

4 shaft Parsons direct-drive steam turbines, 42 Yarrow water tube boilers.

Armour Main Belt

4" - 9" (102 - 229 mm)

Deck Armour

2.5" (64 mm)

Turret Armour IN CM

9" (229 mm)

Conning Tower Armour

10" (254 mm)

Barbette Armour

8" - 9" (203 -229 mm)

Weight of armour

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Armour / Displacement Ratio

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Watertight compartments

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General Notes

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Fire Control Table

Dreyer Mk 111

Fire Control - Clock

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Primary Gun calibre

BL 13.5" Mk V

No. Primary Turrets

4

Guns (No.barrels)

8

Primary gun layout

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Rounds per main gun

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Effective broadside guns

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Primary shell Weight (inches or cm)

1250

Primary Broadside Weight

#VALUE!

Secondary Gun Calibre

BL 4" Mk VII

Guns (No.barrels) 2

16

Rounds per secondary

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Other Armament

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Elevation (degrees)

20

Gunnery Range (yards)

23820

Gunnery Range (metres)

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Rate of Fire (rds per minute)

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Shells expended Main

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Mines dropped

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Shells expended Secondary

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Torpedoes fired

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Gunnery Notes

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Torpedo Type IN

21"

No. tubes

2

Torpedo Type MM

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No. Mines

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Torpedo Notes

Mk II submerged

References & sources

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