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Illustration of HMS Revenge, the sister ship of Royal Oak, as she appeared in 1916. Royal Oakhad a length overallof 620 feet 7 inches (189.2 m), a beamof 88 feet 6 inches (27 m) and a deep draughtof 33 feet 7 inches (10.2 m). She had a designed displacement of 27,790 long tons (28,240 t) and displaced 31,130 long tons (31,630 t) at deep load.
HMS Royal Oak was 273 feet (83.2 m) long between perpendiculars and had a beam of 58 feet 6 inches (17.8 m). The ship had a draught of 23 feet 11 inches (7.3 m) forward and 25 feet 2 inches (7.7 m) aft. She displaced 6,366 long tons (6,468 t) and had a tonnage of 4,056 tons burthen. [1]
HMS Royal Oak (1674) was a 70-gun third rate launched in 1674, rebuilt in 1690, 1713, and 1741. Her 1741 rebuild left her as a 64-gun fourth rate. She was a prison ship between 1756 and 1763, and was broken up in 1764. HMS Royal Oak (1769) was a 74-gun third rate launched in 1769 and used as a prison ship from 1796.
Gun turrets: 11–13 in (279–330 mm) Conning tower: 3–11 in (76–279 mm) Bulkheads: 4 to 6 in (102 to 152 mm) The Revengeclass, sometimes referred to as the Royal Sovereignclassor the R class, consisted of five Dreadnought battleshipsbuilt for the Royal Navyin the 1910s. All of the ships were completed to see service during the First World ...
Ships in class include: Albion, Hero, Illustrious, Fame, Marlborough, York, Sultan, Royal Oak, Hannibal. The Fame-class ships of the line were a class of four 74-gun third rates, designed for the Royal Navy by Sir John Henslow. After the name-ship of the class was ordered in October 1799, the design was slightly altered before the next three ...
The account of the "Royal Oak Mutiny" gives no indication of what the dispute was actually about. The article should refere to the Vanguard disaster: the Vanguard was destroyed at Scapa Flow in 1917, with huge loss of life, due the the spontaneous explosion of her magazines. This explains the order to check the magazine temperatures, as well as ...
Attempts to modernise Royal Oak throughout a 25-year career could not fix her fundamental lack of speed, and by the start of the Second World War, she was no longer suited to front-line duty. On 14 October 1939, Royal Oak was anchored at Scapa Flow in Orkney, Scotland, when she was torpedoed by the German submarine U-47. The ship rolled and ...
Belt: 4.5 in (114 mm) Bulkheads: 4.5 in (114 mm) The Warrior-class ironclads were a class of two warships built for the Royal Navy between 1859 and 1862, the first ocean-going ironclads with iron hulls ever constructed. The ships were designed as armoured frigates in response to an invasion scare sparked by the launch of the French ironclad ...