| Royal Sovereign
class Battleships |
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| Many
thanks to Bruce T. Swain for writing this page |
| Photos
from The Royal Navy Ships of Victor Johns |
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| Individual
Specifications |
| Name |
Completed |
Builder |
Details |
| Royal
Sovereign |
May
1916 |
Portsmouth
RDY |
Loaned
to USSR as Archangelsk May 1944, returned
February 1949, broken up |
| Revenge |
March
1916 |
Vickers |
Sold
for scrap September 1948 |
| Resolution |
December
1916 |
Palmers |
Sold
for scrap May 1948 |
| Ramillies |
September
1917 |
Beardsmore |
Sold
for scrap March 1948 |
| Royal
Oak |
May
1916 |
Hawthorne |
Sunk by
U.47 in Scapa Flow 14 October 1939 |
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| 1:600 HMS Revenge. She has
had 13 20mm Oerlikon AA added, and two extra pom-poms on
"B" and "X" turrets. © Andrew Arthur |
The "Royal Sovereign" or
"Revenge" Class were a slightly smaller and
slower version of the "Queen Elizabeth" Class. Two
additional ships, Renown and Repulse, were
suspended on 26 August 1914 and re-ordered as battlecruisers,
while an eighth ship, Resistance, was cancelled on 26
August 1914.
Unlike the "Queen Elizabeth" Class, none of the
"Royal Sovereign" Class underwent any significant
modification between the wars, and by the outbreak of World War
II they were somewhat obsolescent and unsuitable for the first
line of battle. However, by necessity, some did serve with the
battle fleets early in the war. Mostly they were employed as
escorts for ocean convoys, as their very slow speed was forever
to their detriment.
| Pictures of
Royal Sovereign class Battleships |
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| Resolution. |
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| Royal Sovereign's
wartime camouflage for convoy operations. Note addition
of clinker funnel cap. |
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| Royal Sovereign
in her 1920-30's guise. |
| Dimensions
|
| Standard
Displacement |
28,000
tons |
Length |
624' |
| Full Displacement |
31,000
tons |
Beam |
88'6" |
| Load |
3000
tons |
Draught |
28'6" |
| Performance
& Propulsion |
| Range |
n/a |
Speed |
21.5
knots |
| Propulsion |
18 x Babcock or Yarrow small tube boilers; 4 x
Parsons geared turbines @ 40,000 hp |
| Armament,
Armour & Complement |
| Complement |
n/a |
Aircraft |
1 x
Spotter |
| Armament |
- Gun
- 4 x 2 x 15"
- 12 x 1 x 6"
- 4 x 2 x 4" AA
- 2 x 8 x 2pdr pom-pom AA
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Armour |
- 13" Belt
- 6"-4" Belt (ends)
- 10"-7" Barbettes
- 13"-5" Turrets
- 6"-3" C.T. Base
- 13"-11" Upper Deck
- 2"-1" Main Deck
- 11" Conning Tower
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| Armament - 1945 |
- 4 x 2 x 15"/42-cal
- 10 x 1 x 6"/50-cal
- 4 x 2 x 4" HA/LA
- 2 x 8 x 2pdr pom-pom AA
- 2 x 4 x 2pdr pom-pom AA
- c. 42 x 20mm
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