Lion (Lion Class)


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Laid down 29th September 1909
Launched 6th August 1910
Completed N/A
Commissioned May 1912
Fate Scrapped:
1924
Builders HM Dockyard, Devonport
United Kingdom
Complement 995
Dimensions
Displacement 26250 tons std
29700 tons max
Dimensions 700' x 88' 6"
Draught 27' 6"
Armament
Main guns 8 x 13.5" (4 x 2)
Secondary guns 16 x 4" (16 x 1)
Torpedo tubes 2 x 21"
Other weapons N/A
Countermeasures None
Armour Belt: 3" - 9"
Deck: 1" - 2.5"
Barbettes: 9"
Turrets: 6" - 9"
Aircraft Facilities
Aircraft None
Flightdeck None
Hangar None
Catapults None
Arrestor system None
Aviation fuel None
Electronics Fit
Radar None
Sonar None
ECM None
Other N/A
Machinery
Engines 42 x Yarrow boilers
4 x Parsons steam turbines
Power output 70000shp
Speed 27kts
Shafts 4
Range 5610NM @ 10kts
Fuel 3500 tons coal

Lion was hit by 11 heavy shells at Jutland. One hit Q turret, and the ship was saved only by flooding the magazine.

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