HMS Queen (1902)
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| HMS Queen (1902) | |
|---|---|
| Career |  |
| Ordered: | |
| Builders: | Devonport Dockyard |
| Laid down: | 12 March 1901 |
| Launched: | 8 March 1902 |
| Commissioned: | March 1904 |
| Fate: | Sold for breaking up 4 November 1920 (the four 12 in guns were removed and used by the Italian Navy) |
| Struck: | |
| General Characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 15,000 tons (approx) |
| Length: | 431 ft 9 in (131 m) |
| Beam: | 75 ft (23m) |
| Draught: | 25 ft 4 in |
| Propulsion: | Cylindrical boilers, 2 x vertical triple expansion engines, 2 shafts, 15,500 ihp (11.6 megawatts) |
| Speed: | 18.0 knots (33 km/h) |
| Range: | 5,500 nautical miles (approx) at 10 knots (18km/h) |
| Complement: | 747 |
| Armament: | four Mk IX 12 in guns twelve Mk VII 6 in guns sixteen 12 pounder (5.4 kg) guns six 3 pounder (1.4 kg) guns two machine guns four 18 in submerged torpedo tubes |
| Armour: | 9in belt, 12in barbettes, 10in gun houses, 2.5-1in decks |
| Aircraft: | None |
| Motto: | |
HMS Queen (1902) was a London class battleship, a sub-class of the Formidable class battleships of the British Royal Navy, and the fifth to bear the name.
Owing to service problems with the water tube Belleville boilers the original plans were changed during construction, and HMS Queen was fitted with Babcock and Wilcox cylindrical boilers instead. Her nearly identical sister ship HMS Prince of Wales (1902) was fitted with the problematic water tube Belleville boilers.
[edit] See also
| Formidable-class battleship |
| Formidable | Irresistible | Implacable | London | Bulwark | Venerable | Queen | Prince of Wales |
List of battleships of the Royal Navy |
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