Queen Elizabeth-class battleship
GPTKB entity
Statements (28)
Predicate | Object |
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gptkbp:instanceOf |
gptkb:ship
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gptkbp:armament |
14 × 6-inch (152 mm) guns
8 × 15-inch (381 mm) guns |
gptkbp:builtBy |
various British shipyards
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gptkbp:countryOfOrigin |
gptkb:United_Kingdom
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gptkbp:designer |
gptkb:Sir_Eustace_Tennyson_d'Eyncourt
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gptkbp:displacement |
about 32,000 tons (full load)
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gptkbp:fate |
all ships decommissioned by 1948
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gptkbp:introduced |
1915
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gptkbp:length |
about 643 feet (196 m)
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gptkbp:member |
gptkb:HMS_Malaya
gptkb:HMS_Queen_Elizabeth gptkb:HMS_Warspite gptkb:HMS_Barham gptkb:HMS_Valiant |
gptkbp:namedAfter |
gptkb:Queen_Elizabeth_I
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gptkbp:notableFor |
first battleships to be powered solely by oil
super-dreadnought design |
gptkbp:numberBuilt |
5
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gptkbp:operator |
gptkb:Royal_Navy
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gptkbp:propulsion |
steam turbines
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gptkbp:speed |
24 knots
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gptkbp:usedInConflict |
gptkb:World_War_I
gptkb:World_War_II |
gptkbp:bfsParent |
gptkb:HMS_Warspite
gptkb:HMS_Iron_Duke gptkb:HMS_Valiant |
gptkbp:bfsLayer |
5
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