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HMS Queen Mary was the last battlecruiser built by the Royal Navy before the First World War. The sole member of her class , Queen Mary shared many features with the Lion -class battlecruisers, including her eight 13.5-inch (343 mm) guns.
Ex- Iris Queen, 1976 purchased from Adelaide Shipping, Glasgow, 1986 sold to Greece renamed Centaurus. Destroyed by fire in 1989: England: 1964: 1982–1986: Ferry: 8,116: 1982 purchased from DFDS, 1986 left for Jeddah as accommodation ship renamed America XIII. Sank in the Red Sea en route to Alang, India for scrapping in 1999: Sagafjord: 1965 ...
RMS Queen Mary. 50 Years of Splendour by David E Hutchings, Kingfisher Productions (1986) Three Stacks and You're Out by Velma Krauch, VanLee Enterprise (1971), an account of the Last Great Voyage by a passenger; Watton, Ross (1989). The Cunard Liner Queen Mary. Anatomy of the Ship. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 978-0-87021 ...
HMS Queen Mary Royal Navy: World War I: Battle of Jutland: The Queen Mary-class battlecruiser was shelled and sunk by SMS Derfflinger ( Imperial German Navy) with the loss of 1,266 of her 1,284 crew. Survivors were rescued by HMS Laurel, HMS Petard and HMS Tipperary (all Royal Navy). SMS S35
This is a list of ships of the line of the Royal Navy of England, and later (from 1707) of Great Britain, and the United Kingdom.The list starts from 1660, the year in which the Royal Navy came into being after the restoration of the monarchy under Charles II, up until the emergence of the battleship around 1880, as defined by the Admiralty.
Queen Mary 2 is the first quadruple-propeller passenger ship completed since the SS France in 1961. [49] Queen Mary 2 carries eight spare blades on the foredeck, immediately forward of the bridge screen. [50] In addition to the primary thrusters, the ship is also fitted with three bow thrusters, with a power output of 3.2 MW each. These allow ...
HMS Curacoa was a C-class light cruiser built for the Royal Navy ... The ship had a crew of about 460 officers and ... The Cunard Liner Queen Mary. Anatomy of the ...
HMS Lawford, Captain class frigate converted to act as a headquarters ship (bombed and sunk) HNoMS Nordkapp , Norwegian patrol boat HNLMS Sumatra (Dutch, decommissioned due to crew shortages and losing her guns to HNLMS Flores and Soemba , used as blockship in "Gooseberry" breakwater)