British Ships Involved
Battle Cruisers
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| HMS Repulse |
| HMS Repulse (Renown Class) | ||
| General Details | ||
| Nationality | British | |
| Type | Battle Cruiser | |
| Builder | J. Brown, Clydebank. United Kingdom | |
| Laid down | 25 January 1915 | |
| Launched | 8 January 1916 | |
| Commissioned | August 1916 | |
| Fate | Originally to be built by Palmers' (Jarrow) Rearmored December 1918 to January 1921 Reconstructed March 1933 to May 1936 Sunk 10 December 1941 by 5 torpedoes from Japanese A/C (22nd Naval Air Flotilla) off Kuantan,Malaya in South China Sea (3º33,6'N, 104º28,7'E). Repulse was at the time she was lost in company of Prince of Wales (Force Z) |
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| Displacement | ||
| Standard | 27,470 tons (design) | |
| Full Load | 30,835 tons (design) 32,074 tons (1918) 32,740 tons (1921) 38,200 tons (1936) |
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| Dimensions | ||
| Lenght (waterline) | 787.7' (240 m) | |
| Lenght (Overall) | 794.1' (242 m) | |
| Beam | 90' (27.4 m) (design) | |
| Draft | 25.5' (7.8 m) (avg) 30.5 (9.3 m) (max) |
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| Armament (design-1939) | ||
| Main Battery | 6 x 15" (380 mm)/42 cal MkI (3x2) 2 forward 1 aft |
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| Secondary Battery | 17 x 4" (102 mm)/45 cal QF HA MkV (5x3,2x1) 12 x 4" (102 mm)/45 cal QF HA MkV (4x3) (1921) 12 x 4" (102 mm)/45 cal QF HA MkV (4x3) (1921) |
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| AA | 2 x 76 mm (12pdr) QF HA MkI (2x1) (design) 16 x 40.5 mm (2pdr)/40 cal MkVIII (2x8) (1936) 16 x 0.5"/62 cal MG (4x4) |
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| Torpedoes | 2 x 21" submerged on beam (2x1) (design) 8 x 21" (533 mm) fixed tubes (4x2) (1921) |
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| Armament (1939-41) | ||
| Main Battery | 6 x 15" (380 mm)/42 cal MkI (3x2) 2 forward 1 aft |
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| Secondary | 13 x 4" (102 mm)/45 cal QF HA MkXVI (3x3,4x1) | |
| AA | 24 x 40.5 mm (2pdr)/40 cal MkVIII (3x8) 16 x 0.5"/62 cal MG (4x4) 8 x 20 mm/65 cal Oerlikon (8x1) added 1941 3 x UP AA MkI removed 1941 |
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| Torpedoes | 8 x 21" (533 mm) fixed tubes (4x2) | |
| Armour | ||
| Belt | 1.5"-6" (38-152 mm) midship (design) 2"-9" (51-228 mm) midship (1926) |
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| Deck | 0.5"-3" (12.7-76 mm) 0.5"-5" (12.7-127 mm) (1936) |
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| Bulkheads | 4"-3" (202-76 mm) forward/aft | |
| Turrets | 9" (228 mm) face 9"-7" (228-178 mm) sides 11" (279 mm) rear 4.25" (108 mm) roof |
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| Barbettes | 7"-5"-4" (178-127-102 mm) | |
| Conning Tower | 10" (254 mm) maximum (6" (152 mm) revolving hood) | |
| Propulsion | ||
| Boilers | 42 Babcock-Wilcox 285 psi Large Tube (design) | |
| Turbines | 2 Brown Curtis direct drive steam (design) | |
| Horsepower | 112,000 shp (design) | |
| Shafts | 4 | |
| Endurance | 3,650 nm at 30 knts 9,400 nm at 15 knts |
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| Max Speed | 31.5 knts (design) 31.7 knts (trial) 28.3 knts (1936) |
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| Oil Bunkerage | 4,289-4,500 tons oil 100 tons coal (removed later in career) |
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| Complement | ||
| Usual | 955-1,500 | |
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