HMS Queen Elizabeth (1913)
Quick Facts
- Ship Name
- HMS Queen Elizabeth (1913)
- Type
- Battleship
- Class
- Queen Elizabeth-class (1913)
- Launched
- 1913
- Built at
- Portsmouth Dockyard
- Commissioned
- 1915
- Armament
- 8 × 15-inch guns
- Propulsion
- Steam turbines
- Role
- Fast battleship
- Notable for
- Lead ship of her class
- Fate
- Scrapped in 1948
- Status
- Decommissioned
HMS Queen Elizabeth was the lead ship of one of the most significant battleship classes in naval history and gave her name to an entire generation of fast capital ships.