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| Laid down | 25th January 1915 |
| Launched | 8th January 1916 |
| Completed | N/A |
| Commissioned | August 1916 |
| Fate | Sunk: 10th December 1941 off Kuantan |
| Builders | J. Brown, Clydebank United Kingdom |
| Complement | As built: 856 Refitted: 880 |
| Dimensions | |
|---|---|
| Displacement | As built: 27950 tons std 32730 tons max Refitted: 32000 tons std 38200 tons max |
| Dimensions | 794' x 90' |
| Draught | 26' 7" |
| Armament | |
| Main guns | 6 x 15" (3 x 2) |
| Secondary guns | As built: 17 x 4" (5 x 3, 2 x 1) 1936: 16 x 4" |
| Torpedo tubes | As built: 2 x 21" Refitted: None |
| Other weapons | As built: 2 x 3" 1936: 16 x 2pdr (2 x 8) |
| Countermeasures | None |
| Armour | As built: Belt: 1.5" - 6" Deck: 0.5" - 3" Turrets: 4" - 11" 1936: Belt: 2" - 9" Deck: 1" - 6" Turrets: 4" - 11" |
| Aircraft Facilities | |
| Aircraft | As built: None 1936: 4 x seaplanes |
| Flightdeck | None |
| Hangar | N/A |
| Catapults | 1 |
| Arrestor system | None |
| Aviation fuel | N/A |
| Electronics Fit | |
| Radar | N/A |
| Sonar | N/A |
| ECM | None |
| Other | N/A |
| Machinery | |
| Engines | 42 x Babcock & Wilcox boilers 4 x Brown Curtis steam turbines |
| Power output | 120000shp |
| Speed | 32kts |
| Shafts | 4 |
| Range | 3650NM @ 30kts |
| Fuel | 4200 tons oil |
Repulse was refitted between March 1933 and May 1936. She was sunk while attempting to attack Japanese landing forces off Singapore. In company with Prince Of Wales, she was hit by 5 torpedoes and sank quickly.
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