Queen Elizabeth-class
An item reported that the damaged British battleship HMS Malaya arrived a day earlier at New York, USA to be repaired at the navy yard at Brooklyn, Her arrival was sighted by large numbers of interest while hundreds of her crewmembers were disembarked. A part of her ammunition was unloaded to decrease her weight before entering the dry dock.(1)
Note
1. 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.
