VALIANT (4th Nov., 1914)
WARSPITE (26th Nov., 1913)
Displacement: 32,700 and 31,520 tons, respectively
(37,000 tons full load).
Complement: 1124 - 1184
Length: (pp.), 600 feet; (o.a.) - 643 3/4 and 639 3/4
ft. respectively - (w.l.) 634 1/2 feet.
Beam: 104 feet
Draught: Mean draught, 30 2/3 feet, max. draught 33 1/2
feet
Guns:
8 - 15 inch, 42 cal.
20 - 4,5 inch AA.
Numerous 40 mm. And 20 mm. A.A.
Machinery: Parsons geared turbines. 4 shafts. Boilers:
Admiralty 3-drum type. Designed H.P.: 80,000 as reconstructed
= 24 kts. Oil fuel: 650 tons normal, 3,400 tons max. Radius of
action: about 4,400 miles.
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Armour (H.T.): 1" Fo'xle (over battery). 2" - 1 1/4" Upper 1 1/4" Main fwd. & aft 1" Middle 3" (ends) 1 amidships Special Protec. 2" - 1" Torp. Pro. b'lkh'ds between end barbettes. |
Armour (K.C.): This protection has been modified and improved. 13" on waterline.. 6" - 4" over w. 6" - 4" (ends) 6", 4" Bulkheads (f. & a.) 6" Battery 10" - 7" Barbettes 11" Gunhouses 6" - 3" C. T. base 14" C.T. (6" - 2" Hood) 4" Fore com. Tube 6" Torpedo C.T |
Note to Plan. - 6-inch
guns have been removed and 4-inch AA. Guns are now paired. Elevation
given here represents Warspite, since scrapped.
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MALAYA (18th Mar., 1915)
BARHAM (1914)
Displacement: 31,100 tons (about 35,000
tons full load).
Complement: 1124 - 1184. Fitted as flagship.
Length: (pp.), 600 feet; (o.a.) 639 3/4 ft. (w.l.) 634
1/2 feet.
Beam: 104 feet
Draught: Mean draught, 30 2/3 feet, max. draught 33 1/2
feet
Guns:
8 - 15 inch, 42 cal.
12 - 4 inch AA.
24 - 2 pdr. pompoms
17 - 20 mm. AA.
Machinery: Parsons geared turbine. 4 shafts. Designed
H.P.: 75,000 = 24 kts. Oil fuel: 650 tons normal, 3,400 tons
max. Radius of action: about 4,400 miles.
BARHAM (1914). 31,100
tons.
Torpedoed by a German submarine in Eastern Mediterranean, November
25, 1941.
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Armour (H.T.): 1" Fo'xle (over battery). 2" - 1 1/4" Upper 1 1/4" Main fwd. & aft 1" Middle 3" (ends) 1 amidships Special Protec. 2" - 1" Torp. Pro. b'lkh'ds between end barbettes. |
Armour (K.C.): This protection has been modified and improved. 13" on waterline.. 6" - 4" over w. 6" - 4" (ends) 6", 4" Bulkheads (f. & a.) 6" Battery 10" - 7" Barbettes 11" Gunhouses 6" - 3" C. T. base 14" C.T. (6" - 2" Hood) 4" Fore com. Tube 6" Torpedo C.T |
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Engineering Notes. - These ships steam splendidly and can maintain a high average speed for long periods.
Appearance Notes: - As rebuilt, these 3 ships differ completely from former appearance. Malaya has funnel encased by platforms.
Present Employment. - Malaya was recently accommodation ship, attached to torpedo school, Portsmouth. Future employment uncertain
General Notes. - First two begun under 1912 Estimates. Designed by Sir Philip Watts. Malaya extra ship, gift of Federated Malay States. Cost, nearly GBP 3,000,000 per ship. (Q.E., GBP 3,014,103; Malaya GBP 2,945,709.). Q. Elizabeth alone has a stern walk. Reconstruction of this class, between 1925 and 1933, involved an expenditure of about GBP 11,000,000 per ship; it included the remodelling of control top and bridgework and the trunking of the fore-funnel into the second. Two torpedo tubes were removed. In 1934 Malaya was taken in hand for further reconstruction of an extensive character involving the provision of new turbines, additional protection, and augmented AA. Armament, with other modernisation affecting about 60 per cent of ship's structure. Cost of alterations, GBP 976,963. Valiant and Queen Elizabeth have undergone much more extensive reconstruction, involving great improvement in watertight subdivision, replacement of propelling machinery and general modernisation throughout. Valiant was re-engined by Fairfield, Q.E. by Parsons. A fourth ship of this class (Barham) was lost in Nov., 1941, and Warspite was sold for scrapping in 1946.
For data describing first 2 units of this class, see preceding page.
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