HMS Lion, Battle Cruiser, 1912
£17.50
Lion: Admiral Beattie’s flagship and the most famous ship of the Royal Navy in WWI (scroll down for a more detailed Description)
Published 1971 by © Hugh Evelyn Limited; drawn by Martin Holbrook
Size: c. 42.5 x 35.5 cm [17″ x 14″] (may vary slightly from printers’ cut 50 years ago)
Printed on high white matt cardstock 154 g/sm2
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Description
Lion:
Battlecruiser;
Built: HM Dockyard Devonport, Devon, UK;
Laid: 1909; Launched: 1910; Commissioned: 1912; Decommissioned: 1922;
26,690 tons; Length: 700′ (213.4 m); Beam: 88′ 7″ (27 m); Draught: 32′ 5″ (9.9 m);
Power 70,000 shp (52,000 kW); 4 shafts; 28 knots (52 km/h; 32 mph);
Range: 5,610 nmi (10,390 km; 6,460 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph);
Complement: 1,092;
Armament: 4 x twin 13.5″ (343 mm); 16 x 4″ (102mm); 2 x 21″ (533 mm) torpedo tubes;
The Lion-class battlecruisers were designed to be as superior to the new Moltke German battlecruisers as they were to the Invincible class. Increase in speed, armour and gun size forced a 65 per cent increase in size from the Indefatigable class. One of the most famous ships of the Royal Navy, HMS Lion took part in nearly every major engagement of the WWI. Flagship of the dashing Sir David Beattie she achieved legendary fame, and to a generation of British she became the romantic symbol of Britain’s naval might and pride. Having entertained the Russian Royal Family on a goodwill visit to Kronstadt in June 1914, within 2 months shewas leading in action at the Battle of Heligoland Bight on 28th August when she sank the Ariadne and the Cöln. In January 1915 she was sent to intercept Admiral Hipper’s force en route to bombard Scarborough. Admiral Hipper attempted to clear the Dogger Bank of British craft. It was only because Lion had to withdraw with damage inflicted by Derfflinger that prevented the annihilation of the German force. The Battle of Jutland was fought on 31 May 1916 initially between Beattie’s battlecruiser fleet and the German High Seas Fleet. Lion was hit at 16:00. 4 minutes later Indefatigable blew up, and 20 minutes later, Queen Mary prompting Beattie’s famous remark: “There’s something wrong with our bloody ships today!” The hit on Lion’s Q turret killed all within and below. RM Francis Harvey, Q Turret commander, received a posthumous VC for ordering the magazine flooded, saving the ship. Lion accompanied the German High Seas Fleet to internment at Scapa in 1918 but was broken up in 1924 to meet Washington treaty obligations.
Additional information
| Weight | 0.0232 kg |
|---|---|
| Dimensions | 44 × 35.5 cm |
