Tiger (Tiger Class)


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Laid down 20th June 1912
Launched 15th December 1913
Completed N/A
Commissioned November 1914
Fate Decommissioned:
30th March 1931
Scrapped:
1933
Builders J. Brown, Clydebank
United Kingdom
Complement 1120
Dimensions
Displacement 28450 tons std
35150 tons max
Dimensions 704' x 90' 6"
Draught 28' 6"
Armament
Main guns 8 x 13.5" (4 x 2)
Secondary guns 12 x 6" (12 x 1)
Torpedo tubes 4 x 21"
Other weapons As built:
2 x 3"
Refitted:
4 x 3"
Countermeasures None
Armour Belt: 3" - 9"
Deck: 1" - 3"
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 39 x Babcock & Wilcox boilers
4 x Brown Curtis steam turbines
Power output 85000shp
Speed 28kts
Shafts 4
Range 4600NM @ 12kts
Fuel 3300 tons coal

Tiger received 15 x 11" hits at Jutland. One unexploded shell penetrated the side armour and came to rest on the floor of a turret.

In 1924, Tiger was converted to a training ship according to the Washington Treaty.

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