HMS Malaya (1915)
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| Missing image HMS_Malaya.jpg HMS Malaya Malaya being dive-bombed on route to Malta in 1942 | |
| Career | 
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| Ordered: | 1913 |
| Laid down: | October 20, 1913 |
| Launched: | March 18, 1915 |
| Commissioned: | February 1, 1916 |
| Decommissioned: | 1944 |
| Fate: | Scrapped |
| Struck: | April 12, 1948 |
| General Characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 33,020 tons |
| Length: | 645 feet 9 inches (197 m) |
| Beam: | 90 feet 6 inches (27.6 m) |
| Draught: | 29 feet 10 inches (9.1 m) |
| Propulsion: | Steam turbines, 24 boilers, 4 shafts, 56,500 hp |
| Speed: | 25 knots |
| Range: | 4,400 miles |
| Complement: | 1,124–1300 |
| Armament: | Eight 15-inch guns, sixteen 6-inch guns, four 21-inch submerged torpedo tubes |
HMS Malaya was a Queen Elizabeth class battleship of the Royal Navy built by Armstrong Whitworth and launched in March 1915. She was named in honour of the Federated Malay States, whose government paid for her construction.
In World War I she served in Admiral Hugh Evan-Thomas's 5th Battle Squadron of the Grand Fleet. She took part in the battle of Jutland, 31 May 1916, where she was hit eight times, though only receiving minor damage.
In World War II she served in the Mediterranean in 1940, escorting convoys and operating against the Italian fleet. She was damaged by a torpedo from U-106 on 20 March 1941. After repair in the US, she returned to service in July, escorting convoys from the UK to Malta and Cape Town.
External links
- Page about the ship from battleships-cruisers.co.uk (http://www.battleships-cruisers.co.uk/malaya.htm)
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