Ships
Name | Pennant | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Commissioned | Fate |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
HMS Queen Elizabeth | 00 | Portsmouth Dockyard | 21 October 1912 | 16 October 1913 | January 1915 | Broken up 1948 |
HMS Warspite | 03 | HMNB Devonport | 31 October 1912 | 26 November 1913 | March 1915 | Decommissioned 1947. Ran aground and partially scrapped at Prussia Cove. |
HMS Valiant | Fairfield Shipyard, Clydebank | 31 January 1913 | 4 November 1914 | February 1916 | Broken up 1948 | |
HMS Barham | 04 | John Brown Shipyard, Clydebank | 24 February 1913 | 31 October 1914 | October 1915 | Sunk by a U-boat, 25 November 1941 |
HMS Malaya | Armstrong Shipyard, Tyneside | 20 October 1913 | 18 March 1915 | February 1916 | Broken up 1948 |
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