PRINCESS ROYAL

Fleet

Royal Navy

Ship Type

Battle-cruiser

Nickname

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Ship Class

Lion

Grouping

ist Battlecruiser Squadron

Command

Battle-cruiser Fleet

Builder's Yard

Vickers. Barrow-in-Furness

Budget Year

1909-1910 Contingent Budget

Construction Notes

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Date Laid Down

02.05.1910

Launch Date

29.04.1911

Completed date

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Commission date

14.11.1912

Year laid down

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Year launched

1912

Year completed

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Commission Year

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Pennant No

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Photo Details

Courtesy: D Smith Collection

Related stories

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Sister ships

Lion

Eventual Fate

Sold for scrap December 1922

Jutland result

A turret stopped functioning early on in the "Run to the South" (the breech pinion gear sheared blocking the left gun while the right gun misfired. 16:11 Motlke fired a torpedo which ran under Princess Royaé. 18:22 Princess Royal hit by shelling from the SMS Markgraf: one put X turret out of action, the other penetrated the ship's belt armour.

Ready for action after dock repairs

15.07.1916

Commander

Captain Walter H. Cowan, M.V.O., D.S.O. (Flying the Flag of Rear-Admiral Osmond de B. Brock, C.B.)

Noteable Officers

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Crew complement

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Officers

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Ratings

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Killed

22

Wounded

81

Prisoners

103

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' 6"

Beam (mtrs)

88.6

Draught (ft)

32'5"

Draught (mtrs)

9.9

Max. Speed (knots)

28

Range (miles)

6,460 at 10 kts

Range (kilometres)

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Fuel

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Propulsion

4 Parsons team turbine engines heating 18 Babcock and Wilcox boilers driving 4 shafts. Rated at 70,000 shp. Ran at 28.5 kts in sea trials.

Armour Main Belt

4" - 9" (102 - 229 mm)

Deck Armour

2.5" (229 mm)

Turret Armour IN CM

9" (229 mm)

Conning Tower Armour

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Barbette Armour

8" - 9" (203 - 229)

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

10000

Secondary Gun Calibre

BL 4" Mk VII guns

Guns (No.barrels) 2

16

Rounds per secondary

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Other Armament

Dec 1914 fitted with QF 6 pdr Hotchkiss gun(QF 3" 20 cwt AA gun installed December 1916)

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

Turrets hydraulically powered. Most secondary 4" turrets in superstructure casemates.

Torpedo Type IN

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No. tubes

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Torpedo Type MM

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No. Mines

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Torpedo Notes

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References & sources

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