HMS Howe (1940)
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| Missing image HMS_Howe_(Royal_Navy_battleship).jpg HMS Howe | |
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| Ordered: | |
| Laid down: | 1 June 1937 |
| Launched: | 9 April 1940 |
| Commissioned: | 29 August 1942 |
| Decommissioned: | |
| Fate: | Sold for scrap 1957 |
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| General Characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 36,727 tons standard, 42,076 tons full |
| Length: | 227 m |
| Beam: | 31.4 m |
| Draught: | 10.5 m |
| Propulsion: | 110,000 hp to four shafts |
| Speed: | 29.5 knots (54 km/h) |
| Range: | 6,000 nm at 14 knots |
| Complement: | 1422 |
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| Aircraft: | 2 (until 1943) |
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HMS Howe was a King George V-class battleship of the Royal Navy, named after Admiral Richard Howe.
See HMS Howe for other ships of the same name.
| King George V-class battleship |
| King George V | Prince of Wales | Duke of York | Anson | Howe |
| List of battleships of the Royal Navy |