pennant number revenge class known class battleship royal_navy displacing metric tons long tons short tons armed inch guns twin turrets laid january launched april completed ready service time participate end month served grand_fleet remainder war action early 1930s assigned mediterranean_fleet based malta unlike queen elizabeth class battleships sisters interwar period minor alterations anti aircraft battery effected outbreak world war september assigned home_fleet tasked convoy protection returned mediterranean_fleet present july slow speed prevented engaging italian battleships march assigned indian_ocean indian ocean raid admiral withdrawn eastern africa escort convoys january returned britain royal_navy transferred ship renamed escorted arctic convoys end war soviets returned ship broken scrap description length overall feet inches beam feet inches deep draught feet inches designed displacement long tons displaced long tons deep load powered parsons steam turbines steam eighteen oil fired boilers turbines rated shaft horsepower speed knots mph range nautical miles cruising speed knots mph crew numbered officers enlisted men cost completion armament ship equipped breech loading inch guns twin gun turrets superfiring pairs fore aft superstructure designated rear fourteen inch guns mounted casemates broadside vessel amidships remaining pair mounted shelter deck protected gun shields anti aircraft armament consisted quick firing inch cwt guns august september inch guns replaced pair inch guns ship refit shelter deck inch guns removed pair inch guns added replaced inch guns twin turrets refit pair barrel pounder added abreast funnel barrel added early atop turrets guns added added initially equipped submerged torpedo tubes broadside pair removed forward pair removed ship refit fire control completed fire control directors fitted foot mounted conning tower protected armoured hood spotting foremast turret fitted foot rangefinder main armament controlled turret secondary armament primarily controlled directors mounted compass platform foremast fitted march foot rangefinder replaced smaller originally fitted turret similarly large rangefinder fitted turret ship refit simple high angle rangefinder added bridge refit high angle control system director replaced high angle rangefinder spotting refit positions pounder anti aircraft directors added new platforms abreast fire control director spotting refit director replaced spotting added torpedo control tower aft type air warning radar type surface search radar type gunnery radar type anti aircraft gunnery radars installed september type radar replaced improved type type radars fitted protection waterline belt consisted face hardened krupp cemented armour inches thick barbettes inches ship ends reach bow stern armour inches thick extended barbettes transverse bulkheads inches thick ran angle ends waterline belt barbettes gun turrets protected inches armour turret roofs inches thick barbettes ranged thickness inches upper deck inches thick revenge class ships multiple armoured decks ranged inches thickness main conning tower inches armour sides inch roof torpedo control tower rear superstructure inches armour protecting inch high steel added main deck magazines additional anti flash equipment added magazines gun shields upper deck inch guns replaced armoured casemates protect underwater explosions ship fitted longitudinal torpedo bulkheads inches inches thick ran forward rear magazines refit fitted anti torpedo ran length ship fore aft barbettes divided water tight lower compartment upper compartment filled water tight crushing tubes intended absorb distribute force explosion space tubes filled wood cement aircraft ship fitted flying platforms mounted roofs turrets fighters reconnaissance aircraft launch platforms removed turrets catapult installed quarterdeck crane recover seaplane catapult crane removed march service history world war laid january portsmouth dockyard ship launched april commissioned working battle jutland end month present engagement weeks commissioning present scapa_flow fleet commander admiral ordered fleet sea purposely left port inexperience crew result missed following day months engagement quickly ready service fleet increase numerical superiority grand fleet german high seas fleet grand fleet sortied august ambush high_seas_fleet advanced southern north_sea series mistakes prevented reaching german fleet returned port light cruisers sunk german boats operation prompting decide risk major units fleet south north prevalence german submarines mines admiralty concurred stipulated grand_fleet sortie german fleet attempting invasion britain strong possibility forced engagement suitable conditions april high_seas_fleet sortied attack british convoys norway enforced strict wireless silence operation prevented room warning new commander grand_fleet admiral british learned operation accident aboard battlecruiser forced break radio silence inform german commander condition ordered grand_fleet sea intercept germans able reach high_seas_fleet turned germany time rest grand_fleet sea remainder war november following armistice entire grand_fleet left port escort surrendered german fleet scapa_flow inter war period royal marines detachment assigned left ship june conduct exercises ship went drydock september post war saw men leave ship dock returning service late ship assigned 1st battle squadron conflicts greece ottoman_empire prompted royal_navy deploy force eastern mediterranean april sister ship resolution steamed region malta ottoman capital constantinople british warships took white fleeing refugees aboard princess family washington naval treaty cut battleship strength royal_navy ships remaining active battleships divided atlantic mediterranean fleets conducted joint operations annually remained october ship placed reserve effect major refit new installed refit finished ship assigned 1st battle squadron mediterranean_fleet squadron consisted sisters based malta 1930s ships queen elizabeth class rotated extensive sisters smaller slower queen elizabeth class extensively inter war period changes anti aircraft batteries fleet exercises carried followed fleet greece ship returned britain august transferred 2nd battle squadron served flagship rear admiral ship served training vessel june placed reserve major overhaul lasted february returned 2nd battle squadron king state visit canada rest fleet escorted ship halfway atlantic met return leg voyage early admiralty considered plans send sisters asia counter japanese reasoned established singapore strategy called fleet formed britain dispatched confront japanese attack inherently risky long delay argued dedicated battle fleet allow faster reaction plan abandoned new king george class battleship begin enter service weeks august royal_navy began concentrate wartime bases tensions germany rose steamed joined sisters resolution battlecruiser august force joined nelson flagship admiral commander home_fleet second world war august day german invasion poland assigned screening force greenland iceland united kingdom gap patrol german merchant ships attempting reach germany outset war september assigned 2nd battle squadron home_fleet assigned based halifax nova scotia tasked protecting convoys britain returning plymouth underwent short refit moved mediterranean_fleet based alexandria battleships malaya command admiral june sister ship hms escorted convoys alexandria malta june aerial reconnaissance located italian destroyers admiral took 7th left slow speed split fleet groups malaya core present battle july slow speed prevented engaging italian battleships bore action malaya mid august steaming red_sea unsuccessfully attacked italian submarine later month returned atlantic convoy duties lasted august periodic maintenance effected norfolk virginia admiralty decided deploy powerful fleet based singapore counter japanese attempt invade western colonies southeast_asia sisters revenge resolution assigned force unit assembled singapore march reached theatre earlier beginning march heavy cruiser cornwall smaller vessels escorted convoy transporting soldiers convoy departed march bound australia convoy reached incident march end march formed command admiral fleet centred pair fleet aircraft carriers elderly carrier battleships sisters fifth fleet included seven cruisers sixteen destroyers despite numerical strength units including revenge class battleships longer line warships vice admiral powerful composed carriers fast battleships significantly stronger result operate fleet carriers sisters kept away combat escort convoys indian_ocean late march code breakers branch informed japanese planning raid indian_ocean attack destroy fleet divided fleet groups force consisted fleet carriers cruisers force centred sisters carrier intended ambush fleet night action method thought achieve victory days searching japanese fleet success returned refuel ships received report japanese fleet approaching attacked following day april followed attacks april following raid april withdrew sisters secure shipping routes middle_east sisters departed early morning april bound remained stationed september exception long period dockyard philadelphia late moored philadelphia american light cruiser badly damaged veteran shared pier refit ship deck armour increased inches inch guns removed sent united_states major overhaul philadelphia march september returned indian_ocean resume patrol duties january left indian_ocean bound britain service returning britain sent naval base scapa_flow transferred loan lieu war italy ship left britain august escort contained thirty merchant vessels days later route convoy attacked boat submarine captain incorrectly reported hits destroyer torpedoes exploded prematurely impression crippled battleship germans launched submarine attacks ship moored anti torpedo nets ensured attacks failed germans planned use submarines attack ship mechanical difficulties eventually forced cancellation plan regardless departed patrol time arrived soviet crew commissioned ship august largest ship soviet fleet war soviet service flagship admiral tasked meeting allied convoys escorting ran aground late extent damage unknown returned ship royal_navy february italian battleship transferred soviet black sea fleet initially sought avoid sending ship claiming sufficiently voyage britain inspection royal_navy officer soviet navy agreed return vessel january returning naval base royal_navy personnel thoroughly inspected ship found equipment appeared main battery turrets rotated ship soviet service jammed result poor condition sold scrap ship arrived scotland broken elevation mechanisms main battery gun turrets later reused foot mark radio built
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