battle cruiser New Zealand
Queen Elizabeth-class battleships
An item referred to a message sent by minister Bonar Law to the governor of New Zealand and the High Commissary of the British Pacific archipelago saying that the battle cruisers New Zealand (1) and Malaysia (2) during the Battle of Jutland fought on the scene where the heaviest fights found place.(3)
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1. Gift by the Dominion of New Zealand. Laid down by Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering, Govan, Scotland on 20 June 1910, launched on 19 November 1912, stricken on 19 December 1922 and sold to be broken up on 19 December 1922. Of the Indefatigable-class which was an improved Invincible-class.
2. The battleship Malaya and not battle cruiser Malaysia. Of the Queen-Elizabeth-class consisting of the Queen Elizabeth, Malaya, Warspite, Valiant, Barham, Malaya and the in 1914 cancelled Agincourt. Preceded by the Iron Duke-class and succeeded by the Revenge-class. Pennant 01. Laid down at Armstrong Whitworth and Company, High Walker, Tyneside, England on 20 October 1913, launched on 18 March 1915, commissioned on 1 February 1916, in reserve since end of 1943, used as target in Loch Striven 15/17 May 1944, decommissioned to be used if needed as bombardment battleship, decommissioned becoming accommodation ship for torpedo school end 1944 and sold to Metal Industries on 20 February 1948 and broken up at Faslane, Scotland in 1948. Building costs 2.045.709 pond sterling. Displacement 33.100 (normal)-33.794 (deep load)) tons and as dimensions 196,82 (over all) x 27,58 x 10,1 (deep load) metres or 643.9 x 90.6 x 33 feet. Two sets Brown-Curtiss direct drive steam turbines and 24 boilers supplied via 4 shaft 75.000 shp allowing a speed of 24 knots. With a oil bunker capacity of 3.400 ton and a speed of 12 knots was their range 5.000 nautical miles. The crew numbered 1.217 men. The armament consisted of 4x2-38,1cm/15” Mk I guns, 14x1-15,2cm/6” breech loading Mk XII guns, 2x1-3” quick firing anti aircraft guns, 4x1-3pd/4,7cm saluting guns and 4-53cm/21” submerged torpedo tubes. Krupp cemented armour consisted of a 4”(end aft)-6” (end fore)-13” middle thick belt, upper belt 6”, 4 and 6” bulkheads for and aft, gun turrets, barbettes and conning tower protected by respectively 4.25” (top)-11” (sides)-13” (face), 4-6” (below belt)-7-10” (above belt) and 3” (roof)-4” (revolving hood)-11” (sides), 6” guns protected by 6” thick armour and conning tower tube, torpedo conning tower and torpedo conning tower tube by respectively 4-6”, 6“ and 4“.
3. Battle of Jutland or Skagerrak between the British and German navies 31 May-1 June 1916. British losses 6.094 men killed, 674 men wounded, l3 battle cruisers, 3 armoured cruisers, 8 destroyers total tonnage lost 113.300 tons and German losses 2.551 men killed, 507 wounded, 1 battle cruiser, 1 pre-dreadnought, 4 light cruisers, total tonnage 62.300 tons.
