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From my Grandfathers Navy photo album handed down. Taken in Malta in I think 1937 (corrected to 1927) when he was about to join her. He was on another ship when she was sunk. Also stuck to the album is a letter opener made from a piece of her decking.
Launched: 17 November 1914
Commissioned: 1 May 1916
Fate: Sunk by U-47, 14 October 1939 at anchor in Scapa Flow.
Status: Protected war grave
Class and type: Revenge-class battleship
Displacement:
29,970 tons
Length: 620 ft 7 in (189.2 m)
Beam: 88 ft 6 in (27 m)
Installed power: 18 Yarrow boilers 40,000 shp
Propulsion: 4 Shafts; 2 steam turbine sets
Speed: 22 knots
Crew: 909
Armament:
4 × twin 15 in (381 mm) guns
14 × single 6 in (152 mm) guns
2 × single 3 in (76 mm) AA guns
4 × 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tub
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Little did they know the inherent weakness of this type, torpedoes.
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regards
Keep safe
Emmanuel.l.(Malta)
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