Queen Mary (Lion Class)


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Laid down 6th March 1911
Launched 20th March 1912
Completed N/A
Commissioned August 1913
Fate Sunk:
31st May 1916 at Jutland
Builders Palmers, Greenock
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

Queen Mary was sunk by heavy shells from Seydlitz and Derfflinger penetrating a forward magazine. Of the 1275 crew, only 9 survived, 7 being picked up by British ships, the other 2 by Germans.

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