HMS Ramillies (07)

HMS Ramillies at anchor; note the 'dazzle' paintwork
History
United Kingdom
Name:	HMS Ramillies
Namesake:	Battle of Ramillies
Builder:	William Beardmore and Company, Dalmuir, Scotland
Cost:	£3,295,810
Laid down:	12 November 1913
Launched:	12 June 1916
Commissioned:	1 September 1917
Identification:	Pennant number: 07
Fate:	Scrapped, 1949
General characteristics (as built)
Class and type:	Revenge-class battleship
Displacement:	30,400 long tons (30,900 t) 33,570 long tons (34,110 t) (Deep load)
Length:	620 ft 7 in (189.2 m)
Beam:	101 ft 5.5 in (30.9 m)
Draught:	33 ft 7 in (10.2 m) (Deep load)
Installed power:	40,000 shp (30,000 kW) 18 Babcock & Wilcox boilers
Propulsion:	4 shafts 4 Steam turbines
Speed:	21.5 knots (39.8 km/h; 24.7 mph)
Range:	7,000 nmi (12,960 km; 8,060 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph)
Crew:	936 (1917)
Armament:	4 × twin 15-inch (381 mm) guns 14 × single 6-inch (152 mm) guns 2 × single 3-inch (76 mm) 20 cwt AA guns 4 × single 47 mm (1.9 in) 3-pdr guns 4 × 21-inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes
Armour:	Waterline belt: 13 in (330 mm) Deck: 1–4 in (25–102 mm) Barbettes: 6–10 in (152–254 mm) Gun turrets: 11–13 in (279–330 mm) Conning tower: 3–11 in (76–279 mm) Bulkheads: 6 in (152 mm)

HMS Ramillies (pennant number: 07) was one of five Revenge-class battleships built for the Royal Navy during World War I. She was completed after the Battle of Jutland in 1916 and saw no combat during the war. She served with the Grand Fleet for the duration of the war. The ship was active throughout World War II, with service ranging from convoy escort to shore bombardment to engaging enemy battleships.

The Revenge-class ships were designed as slightly smaller, slower, and more heavily protected versions of the preceding Queen Elizabeth-class battleships. As an economy measure they were intended to revert to the previous practice of using both fuel oil and coal, but First Sea Lord Jacky Fisher rescinded the decision for coal in October 1914. Still under construction, the ships were redesigned to employ oil-fired boilers that increased the power of the engines by 9,000 shaft horsepower (6,700 kW) over the original specification.

Ramillies had a length overall of 620 feet 7 inches (189.2 m), a beam of 101 feet 5.5 inches (30.9 m) and a deep draught of 33 feet 7 inches (10.2 m). She had a designed displacement of 30,400 long tons (30,900 t) and displaced 33,570 long tons (34,109 t) at deep load. She was powered by 2 sets of Parsons steam turbines, each driving two shafts, using steam from eighteen Babcock & Wilcox boilers. The turbines were rated at 40,000 shp (30,000 kW) and intended to reach a maximum speed of 23 knots (42.6 km/h; 26.5 mph). During her sea trials on 1 October 1917, the ship only reached a top speed of 21.5 knots (39.8 km/h; 24.7 mph) from 42,414 shp (31,628 kW). She had a range of 7,000 nautical miles (12,964 km; 8,055 mi) at a cruising speed of 10 knots (18.5 km/h; 11.5 mph). Her crew numbered 936 officers and enlisted men in 1917. Her metacentric height was 4.5 feet (1.4 m) at deep load.