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Queen Elizabeth Class

Name	Builders	Laid down	Launched	Commissioned
Agincourt	P	N/A	N/A	N/A
Barham	J	24th February 1913	31st October 1914	October 1915
Malaya	A	20th October 1913	18th March 1915	February 1916
Queen Elizabeth	P	21st October 1912	16th October 1913	January 1915
Valiant	F	31st January 1913	4th November 1914	February 1916
Warspite	D	31st October 1912	26th November 1913	March 1915

Builders:
A : Armstongs, Elswick, United Kingdom
D : HM Dockyard, Devonport, United Kingdom
F : Fairfield, Govan, United Kingdom
J : J. Brown, Clydebank, United Kingdom
P : HM Dockyard, Portsmouth, United Kingdom

Dimensions:
645' 9" x 90' 6" x 28' 9" / 196.80m x 27.60m x 8.80m

Displacement:
27500 tons std / 31500 tons max

Complement:
925

Armament:
8 x 15"/42 Mk I guns in twin turrets
14 x 6"/45 Mk XII guns in single casemates
2 x 3"/20 MkI guns in single mountings
4 x 47mm guns in single mountings
4 x 21" submerged torpedo tubes

Queen Elizabeth only was fitted with 16 x 6"/45 Mk XII guns.

Aircraft Facilities:
None provided

Armour:
Belt : 6" - 13"
6" Casemates : 1" - 1.5"
15" Turrets : 4" - 13"
Deck : 1" - 3"
Barbettes : 4" - 10"
C.T. : 11"

Powerplant:
Barham & Valiant:-
Twenty four Yarrow boilers were fitted with four Brown Curtis steam turbines producing a total of 56500shp on four shafts. Maximum speed was 24kts and range at 10kts was 4500NM. Maximum fuel load was 3400 tons oil.

Malaya, Queen Elizabeth & Warspite:-
Twenty four Babcock & Wilcoxw boilers were fitted with four Parsons steam turbines producing a total of 56500shp on four shafts. Maximum speed was 24kts and range at 10kts was 4500NM. Maximum fuel load was 3400 tons oil.

Electronics Fit:
Radar:
None

Sonar:
None

Other:
N/A

Miscellaneous: