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HMS Lion was a battlecruiser built for the Royal Navy in the 1910s. She was the lead ship of her class , which were nicknamed the "Splendid Cats". [ 1 ] They were significant improvements over their predecessors of the Indefatigable class in terms of speed, armament and armour.
The Lion-class battlecruisers were designed to be as superior to the new German battlecruisers of the Moltke class as the German ships were to the Invincible class. The increase in speed, armour and gun size forced a 40% increase in size over the Indefatigable class and made them the largest warships in the world. [4]
HMS Lion served as the flagship of the Grand Fleet's battlecruisers throughout the First World War, except when she was being refitted or under repair. [22] She sank the German light cruiser Cöln during the Battle of Heligoland Bight and served as Vice Admiral Beatty's flagship at the battles of Dogger Bank and Jutland.
HMS Lion (1847) was an 80-gun second rate launched in 1847. She was converted to screw propulsion in 1859 and became a training ship after 1871. She was sold for breaking up in 1905. HMS Lion (1910) was a Lion-class battlecruiser launched in 1910 and sold in 1924. HMS Lion (1939) was to have been a Lion-class battleship. She was laid down in ...
HMS Lion. Hits on British ships Ship 12-inch 11-inch Total Note Lion: 9 0 9 ... Hits obtained by British Battlecruisers and Battleships (BCS = Battlecruiser squadron) ...
HMS Lion, flagship of the battlecruiser squadron. Beatty became Rear-Admiral Commanding the 1st Battlecruiser Squadron on 1 March 1913. [39] Beatty was late taking up his new post, choosing not to cut short a holiday in Monte Carlo. On his eventual arrival, he set about drafting standing orders regarding how the squadron was to operate.
The battle cruiser HMS Lion, which Chatfield commanded at the Battle of Jutland. During the First World War Chatfield was present as Beatty's Flag-Captain in the Lion at the Battle of Heligoland Bight in August 1914, at the Battle of Dogger Bank in January 1915 and at the Battle of Jutland in May 1916. [5]
At the Battle of Dogger Bank, Seydlitz was hit in her after turrets by two or three 34.4 cm (13.5 in) shells from HMS Lion; the shells burned out the turrets and nearly destroyed the ship. By April 1916, she had been replaced as Hipper's flagship by the new battlecruiser Lützow. [14]