HMS Resolution (1915)
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| Missing image Resolution_malta.jpg HMS Resolution at Malta | |
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| Ordered: | |
| Laid down: | November 29, 1913 |
| Launched: | January 14, 1915 |
| Commissioned: | December 30, 1916 |
| Decommissioned: | |
| Fate: | Sold for scrap on May 5, 1948 |
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| General Characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 29,150 tons standard; 33,500 tons full load |
| Length: | 620 ft 5 in (189 m) overall, 614 ft 5 in (187 m) waterline |
| Beam: | 102 ft 5 in (31 m) |
| Draught: | 30 ft 5 in (9.3 m) max |
| Propulsion: | 4 shaft Parsons geared turbines, 18 Yarrow boilers, 40,000 shp (30 MW) |
| Speed: | 23 knots (43 km/h) |
| Fuel capacity: | 3,400 tons oil fuel; 160 tons coal |
| Complement: | 1,009 to 1,146 |
| Armament: | Eight 15 inch (381 mm) guns in 4 twin mount turrets Twelve 6 inch (152 mm) guns Eight 4 inch (102 mm) anti-aircraft guns Four 2-pounder (907 g) pom-poms Sixteen 40 mm Bofors |
| Armour: | Main Side Belt: 13.0 in (330 mm) midship, 6 to 4 in (152 to 102 mm) ends Deck Armour up to 5 in (127 mm) Turrets 13 in (330 mm) face, 5 in (127 mm) sides, 5 in (127 mm) roof Barbettes up to 10 in (254 mm) Citadel 11 in (279 mm) |
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HMS Resolution was a Revenge-class battleship of the Royal Navy. She was laid down at Palmers on November 29, 1913, launched on January 14, 1915, and commissioned on December 30, 1916.
She was bombed at Narvik in May 1940, took part in the destruction of the French Fleet at Mers-el-Kebir, was torpedoed at Dakar in September 1940, and served in the Indian Ocean during 1942 and 1943. She became a stokers training ship in 1944 and was sold for scrap on May 5, 1948.
| Revenge-class battleship |
| Revenge | Royal Sovereign | Ramillies | Resolution | Royal Oak |
| List of battleships of the Royal Navy |