Battleships

British "Revenge" Class - Dreadnoughts -

	The Revenge class battleships (Royal Sovereign, Royal Oak, Ramilles, Revenge, Resolution) were a smaller issue of the previous Queen Elisabeth class. To avoid the dependence of imported oil - coal and oil fired boilers were used for propulsion and therefore the ships suffered from their reduced endurance and top speed. Two further ships were suspended and redesigned as Renown class battlecruisers.
	Minor action in WW I. Modernized in the 30s and used as convoi escorts during WW II. The surviving ships became training ships post war.

	Technical Data
	Built: Displacement: Dimensions: Propulsion: Max. Speed: Range: Crew:	1913 -1916 31,200 ts (29,150 / 33,000 Royal Oak after modernization) 189.1 x  27 (31.2) x 8.7 m 40,000 shp; 4 turbines 23 kts 2,610 (4,200 sm) 997
	Tactical Data
	Main Armament: Secondary: Minor/AA: Armour: Torpedoes: Searchlights:	8x381 cal xx [4x2]  14x152 2x76 belt: 330; deck: 25; turret: 330 4 ?

	Revenge  - 1913-12-22: laid down at Vickers, Barrow; 1915-05-29: launched; 1916-04: commisioned; 1917: refit; 1944: put into reserve, became training ship; 1948-09: sold for scrap
	Resolution - 1913-12-29: laid down at Palmers, Newcastle; 1915-01-14: launched; 1916-12: commisioned; 1918: refit; 1914: put into reserve, became training ship; 1948-05: sold for scrap
	Royal Oak - 1914-01-15: laid down; 1914-11-17: launched at Dockyard Deveport; 1916-05: commissioned and allocated to the IV. Battleship Squadron; 1916-05-31: Battle of Jutland; 1922-1924: general refit; 1935: after modernization allocated to the Home Fleet ; 1939-10-14: sunk by U 47 at Scapa Flow (Kapitaenleutnant Prien), 786 casualties;
	Ramilles - 1913-11-12: laid down at Beardmore & Cammell Laiard Co; 1916-09-12: launched; 1917-09: commisisoned; 1926: refit;1944: put into reserve, became training ship; 1940-05: sold for scrap
	Royal Sovereign - 1914-01-15: laid down at Portsmouth Dockyard; 1915-04-29: launched; 1916-05: commissioned; 1919: refit; 1944-05-30: transferred to the USSR, renamed Archelansk; 1949-02-09: back to the UK; 1949-04-05: sold for scrap

Quellen/Sources: GG Updated: 08/10/06 © hgs 07/99