Of the Lion-class (nicknamed Splendid Cats) preceded by the Indefatigable-class and succeeded by Queen Mary-class. Sister ship lION. Building costs 2.092.214/2.089.178 pound sterling. Ordered under the Building Programme 1909-1910. Laid down at Vickers, Barrow, United Kingdom on 2 May 1910, launched by Princess Louise on 24 April 1911, commissioned on 14 November 1912, decommissioned on 30 May 1922 and sold for 77.000 pound sterling to be broken up on 19 December 1922 and she arrived at the scrap yard on 13 August 1923.
Displacement 26.270 long tons/26.690 tons (normal)-30.820 long tons/31.310 tons (deep load) and as dimensions 213,4 (over all) x 27,0 x 9,9 (at deep load) metres or 700’0” x 88‘6.75”x 32.5’. The2 sets four-shaft Parsons direct-drive steam turbines and 42 Yarrow water tube boilers supplied 70.000 ship allowing a speed of 28 knots and with a speed of 10 knots a range of 5.610 nautical miles by an coal bunker capacity of 3.500 long tons/3.00 tons and additional fuel oil capacity of 1.135 long tons/1.153 tons. Her crew numbered 1.092 men. Her armament consisted of 4x2-13.” breech loading Ml V guns, 16x1-4” breech loading Mark VII guns and 2x1-53,3cm/21” Mk II submerged torpedo tubes. For which 14 torpedoes were taken with her The armour consisted of a 10,2-22,9cm/4-9” thick belt. 10,2cm/4” thick bulkheads, 6,4cm/2.5” thick decks while the barbettes, gun turrets and conning tower were protected by respectively 22,9-20,3cm/8-9”, 22,9cm/9” and 25,4cm/10”.
