PRINCESS ROYAL - The Battle of Jutland - Centenary Initiative

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PRINCESS ROYAL

Fleet

Royal Navy

Ship Type

Battle-cruiser

Nickname

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Ship Class

Lion

Grouping

ist Battlecruiser Squadron

Command

Battle-cruiser Fleet

Builder's Yard

Vickers. Barrow-in-Furness

Budget Year

1909-1910 Contingent Budget

Construction Notes

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Date Laid Down

02.05.1910

Launch Date

29.04.1911

Completed date

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Commission date

14.11.1912

Year laid down

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Year launched

1912

Year completed

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Commission Year

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Pennant No

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Photo Details

Courtesy: D Smith Collection

Sister ships

Lion

Eventual Fate

Sold for scrap December 1922

Jutland result

A turret stopped functioning early on in the "Run to the South" (the breech pinion gear sheared blocking the left gun while the right gun misfired. 16:11 Motlke fired a torpedo which ran under Princess Royaé. 18:22 Princess Royal hit by shelling from the SMS Markgraf: one put X turret out of action, the other penetrated the ship's belt armour.

Ready for action after dock repairs

15.07.1916

Commander

Captain Walter H. Cowan, M.V.O., D.S.O. (Flying the Flag of Rear-Admiral Osmond de B. Brock, C.B.)

Noteable Officers

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Crew complement

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Officers

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Ratings

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Killed

Wounded

Prisoners

103

Displacement full Load (tons)

30,820

Artefacts Data

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Ship's Model

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Length (ft)

700'

Length (mtrs)

213.4

Beam (ft)

88' 6"

Beam (mtrs)

88.6

Draught (ft)

32'5"

Draught (mtrs)

9.9

Max. Speed (knots)

Range (miles)

6,460 at 10 kts

Range (kilometres)

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Fuel

–

Propulsion

4 Parsons team turbine engines heating 18 Babcock and Wilcox boilers driving 4 shafts. Rated at 70,000 shp. Ran at 28.5 kts in sea trials.

Armour Main Belt

4" - 9" (102 - 229 mm)

Deck Armour

2.5" (229 mm)

Turret Armour IN CM

9" (229 mm)

Conning Tower Armour

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Barbette Armour

8" - 9" (203 - 229)

Weight of armour

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Armour / Displacement Ratio

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Watertight compartments

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General Notes

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Fire Control Table

Dreyer Mk 111

Fire Control - Clock

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Primary Gun calibre

BL 13.5" Mk V

No. Primary Turrets

Guns (No.barrels)

Primary gun layout

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Rounds per main gun

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Effective broadside guns

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Primary shell Weight (inches or cm)

1250

Primary Broadside Weight

10000

Secondary Gun Calibre

BL 4" Mk VII guns

Guns (No.barrels) 2

Rounds per secondary

–

Other Armament

Dec 1914 fitted with QF 6 pdr Hotchkiss gun(QF 3" 20 cwt AA gun installed December 1916)

Elevation (degrees)

Gunnery Range (yards)

23820

Gunnery Range (metres)

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Rate of Fire (rds per minute)

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Shells expended Main

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Mines dropped

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Shells expended Secondary

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Torpedoes fired

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Gunnery Notes

Turrets hydraulically powered. Most secondary 4" turrets in superstructure casemates.

Torpedo Type IN

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No. tubes

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Torpedo Type MM

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No. Mines

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Torpedo Notes

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References & sources

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