QUEEN MARY

Fleet

Royal Navy

Ship Type

Battle-cruiser

Nickname

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Ship Class

Lion

Grouping

1st Battlecruiser Squadron

Command

Battle-cruiser Fleet

Builder's Yard

Palmers (Palmer's Shipbuilding & Iron Co. Ltd., Newcastle-Upon-Tyne), Jarrow

Budget Year

1910-1911 Naval Estimates

Construction Notes

First battle cruiser to mount a sternwalk and restored the officers quarters to the stern of the ship

Date Laid Down

06.03-11

Launch Date

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Completed date

04.09.2013

Commission date

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Year laid down

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Year launched

1912 (mar)

Year completed

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Commission Year

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Pennant No

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Photo Details

QM in Portland

Related stories

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Sister ships

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Eventual Fate

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Jutland result

Sunk after a catastrophic explosion. Only survivor, Midshipman Jocelyn Latham Storey survived in Q turret.

Ready for action after dock repairs

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Commander

Captain Cecil I. Prowse

Noteable Officers

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Crew complement

997 (peacetime), 1,275 wartime

Officers

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Ratings

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Killed

1266

Wounded

6

Prisoners

2

Displacement full Load (tons)

30500

Artefacts Data

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Ship's Model

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Length (ft)

703' 6"

Length (mtrs)

214.4

Beam (ft)

89' 0.5"

Beam (mtrs)

27.1

Draught (ft)

32' 4"

Draught (mtrs)

9.9

Max. Speed (knots)

28

Range (miles)

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Range (kilometres)

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Fuel

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Propulsion

2 paired sets of Parsons direct drive steam turbines in two engine rooms. 42 Yarrow boilers. Delivering 75,000 shp.

Armour Main Belt

9 to 4" (229 to 110 mm)

Deck Armour

2.5" (64 mm)

Turret Armour IN CM

9" (229 mm)

Conning Tower Armour

10" (254 mm)

Barbette Armour

9 to 8" (229 to 203 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 11

Fire Control - Clock

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Primary Gun calibre

BL 13.5" Mk V (343 mm)

No. Primary Turrets

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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)

1400

Primary Broadside Weight

11200

Secondary Gun Calibre

1 - BL 4" Mk VII guns ( 102 mm)

Guns (No.barrels) 2

16

Rounds per secondary

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Other Armament

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Elevation (degrees)

20

Gunnery Range (yards)

23740

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

533

No. Mines

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Torpedo Notes

Mk II submerged

References & sources

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