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Thursday 9 November 2017

British battleship HMS Ramillies would be modernized according to the Dutch magazine Marineblad dated 1938 no. 6

Revenge-class

According to the magazine R.U.S.I. dated 1 August 1938 was the British battleship HMS Ramillies to be modernized and for which a budget of 200.868 pound sterling was available.(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.