VALIANT

Fleet

Royal Navy

Ship Type

Battleship

Nickname

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Ship Class

Queen Elizabeth

Grouping

5th Battle Squadron

Command

Battle-cruiser Fleet

Builder's Yard

Fairfields

Budget Year

1912

Construction Notes

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Date Laid Down

31.01.1913

Launch Date

04.11.1914

Completed date

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Commission date

19.02.1916

Year laid down

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Year launched

1916

Year completed

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Commission Year

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Pennant No

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Photo Details

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Sister ships

Barham, Warspite and Malaya.

Eventual Fate

March 1948 sold for scrap

Jutland result

Fired 288 15" shells. Unlike Warspite and Barham, she suffered no damage.

Ready for action after dock repairs

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Commander

Captain Maurice Woollcombe

Noteable Officers

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Crew complement

925 / 951

Officers

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Ratings

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Killed

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Wounded

Prisoners

Displacement full Load (tons)

29,150

Artefacts Data

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Ship's Model

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Length (ft)

660

Length (mtrs)

200

Beam (ft)

90' 6"

Beam (mtrs)

27.58

Draught (ft)

30'8"

Draught (mtrs)

9.35

Max. Speed (knots)

Range (miles)

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Range (kilometres)

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Fuel

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Propulsion

Brown Curtis steam turbines using 18 Babkcoxk and Wilcox boilers producing 71,112 shp (trials).

Armour Main Belt

6" - 13"

Deck Armour

1" - 3"

Turret Armour IN CM

11" - 13"

Conning Tower Armour

11"

Barbette Armour

4" - 10'"

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 Table Mk 1V, Dreyer Turret Control Table

Fire Control - Clock

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Primary Gun calibre

BL 15" Mk 1

No. Primary Turrets

Guns (No.barrels)

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)

1920

Primary Broadside Weight

15360

Secondary Gun Calibre

BL 6" Mk XII guns (150 mm)

Guns (No.barrels) 2

Rounds per secondary

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Other Armament

Two 3” (76 mm) AA guns and four QF 3" 20 cwt AA guns.

Elevation (degrees)

Gunnery Range (yards)

24400

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

One of her three guns became part of the Jahore battery in Singapore

Torpedo Type IN

21” (533 mm) Whitehead

No. tubes

Torpedo Type MM

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No. Mines

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Torpedo Notes

submerged

References & sources

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