Repulse (Renown Class)


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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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