HMS Lion (1910)
Quick Facts
- Ship Name
- HMS Lion
- Launch Year
- 1910
- Type
- Battlecruiser
- Class
- Lion-class battlecruiser
- Launched
- 1910
- Commissioned
- 1910
- Armament
- Naval guns / torpedoes
- Propulsion
- Steam turbine
- Role
- Fleet operations
- Notable for
- World War I service
- Fate
- Varied
- Status
- Decommissioned
HMS Lion was one of the most powerful British battlecruisers of the First World War and served as Admiral Beatty’s flagship.
Battles
- Battle of Jutland (1916) – Battlecruiser flagship – Beatty's flagship