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Machinery (by Builders): Brown
- Curtis (geared) turbines. 4 screws. Boilers: 24 Yarrow (small tube).
Designed S.H.P. 144,000 = 31 kts.
Gunnery Notes. Barbette heights over l.w.l. : A, 32ft. ; B, 43 ft. ; X, 31.75ft. ; Y, 21.75ft. All turrets bear 150deg. on each beam. Designed to mount 16 - 5,5 inch, but the after guns were removed before completion. Elevation of 15 inch guns, 30deg. . 8 - 36 inch controlled, and 4 - 24 inch signalling S. L. Stern attachment for PVs. of new design. guns, mountings, barbettes and ammunition = 5300 tons. Armour Notes. Vertical side armour is backed by strong 2" - 1" H.T. plating, not included in thicknesses given. Area of 12" armour at w.l., 562 ft. long by 9.5 ft. deep. Gun houses, new type with flat crowns, small square sighting ports cut low in face for laying over open sights. On roofs, armoured cases slightly wider than R.F. to allow R.F. to be traversed for fine adjustments. Barbettes, 6" - 5" as they descend through decks. C.T. is an enormous, elaborate, most expensive and ponderous structure: in upper stages, it consists of two shells, 12" outer, 9" inner, with narrow passage between. The slope inboard of hull side detracts from effects of plunging fire by virtual increase of armour thickness. A perpendicular, dropped from top sides, just meets outer edges of bulges, which are of the improved "D`Eyncourt-Hopkinson" type. Total weight of armour and protection, 13,800 tons. Engineering Notes. During world cruise, economical speed worked out at 288 miles in 24 hours on 180 tons of oil. Trials (unofficial figures.) Original Design. The original 1915 Design embodied same lenght and beam, but draughts were 25.5 feet normal = 36,300 tons, and 29 feet deep. Speed: 32 kts. Belt 8", barbettes 9", much thinner deck armour, and only 2 - 21 inch submerged T.T. Four ships ordered to this design April, 1916. In the desigh produced after Jutland (not approved till 1917), 5,000 tons extra protection was worked in. By use of small-tube boilers, 24,000 S.H.P. gained on same machinery weights as for Renown class. Notes. Begun under Emergency War Programme.
Originally, there were four ships in this class,
Anson
, Hood,
Howe
,
Rodney
They were begun in the autumn of 1916, to meet the German Battle Cruisers,
Graf Spee
, Mackensen, Ersatz, Freya and Ersatz "A", which were laid in 1916.
In recent years in the press there has been much discussion as to whether the Silver Cockerel Trophyactually existed. Below is a photo of which I am proud. It shows the winning Signals Whaler crew of the1935 Home Fleet Regatta. At the feet of the gathering is the Silver Cockerel Trophy. My Grandfather,Leading Signalman Frederic Howell (aged 36) is on the right of the front row. The only other known person in the photo is Commander Rory O'Connor RN, who is seated with the telescope. On May the 24th 1941, the two titans located each other..
At 05.52 AM, Hood opened fire on Bismarck. Two minutes later, DKM
Bismarck responded to Hood' s gunfire and the Battle of Denmark Strait
began. [TOP] |
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