Charles Pears, 1917
Queen Elizabeth
Resolution
Nelson
Royal Sovereign type. Launched in 1916, completed in 1917, displacement 25.750 tons, horsepower 40.000 hp, oil-fired turbine direct drive machinery and an armament of 8-15” guns, 14-6” guns, 2-3” anti aircraft guns, 1-12pd field gun, 19-3pd guns and machineguns and 4 submerged torpedo tubes.(1)
Note
1. Part of the Revenge-class although often referred to as the Royal Sovereign-class or even ‘R‘-class. There were totally 8 ships planned of which two the Renown and Repulse were built using another design as battle cruisers and the third one the Resistance was cancelled. The 5 sister ships were the Royal Oak, Royal Sovereign, Revenge, Ramillies and Resolution. Preceded by the Queen Elisabeth-class and to be succeeded by the planned but never realized N3 class and the realized Nelson-class. Laid down at William Beardmore and Company, Dalmuir, Scotland on 12 November 1913, launched on 12 June 1916, commissioned on 1 September 1917 and broken up at Troon, England in 1949. Pennant 07. Building costs 3.295.810 pound sterling.
Source
Archive Dutch Naval Staff 1886-1942 (National Archive at the Hague, Netherlands) inventory number 155. Fleets (the British Empire and foreign countries) on 1 February 1923
