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Career

Name:	HMS Queen Mary
Ordered:	1910 Naval Programme
Laid down:	6 March 1911
Launched:	20 March 1912
Completed:	August 1913
Commissioned:	September 1913
Fate:	Exploded and sunk at Jutland on 31 May 1916
General characteristics
Type:	Battlecruiser
Displacement:	26,770 tons normal 31,650 tons full load
Length:	703. Year 1910 ( MCMX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Events 1079 - Omar Khayyám completes the Iranian calendar. 1454 - Thirteen Years' War: Delegates of Year 1911 ( MCMXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Events 1600 - The Linköping Bloodbath takes place on Maundy Thursday in Linköping, Sweden. The list of ship launches in 1912 includes a chronological list of all Ships launched in 1912. Year 1913 ( MCMXIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1913 ( MCMXIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 1279 BC - Rameses II (The Great (19th dynasty becomes pharaoh of Ancient Egypt. Year 1916 ( MCMXVI) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Battlecruisers were large Warships in the first half of the 20th century that were first introduced by the British Royal Navy. 5 ft (214. 4 m)
Beam:	89 ft (27 m)
Draught:	28 ft (8. 5 m)
Propulsion:	42 Yarrow boilers Parsons steam turbines 4 shafts, 75,000 shp (56 MW)
Speed:	27. 5 knot (51 km/h)
Range:	5,610 nautical miles (10,390 km) at 10 knots (19 km/h)
Complement:	997 to 1,275
Armament:	8 × 13.5 in (343 mm) Mk V (4×2) 16 × 4 in (102 mm) (16×1) 1 × 3 in/20 AA 1 × QF 6 pounder Hotchkiss 2 × 21 in (533 mm) submerged torpedo tubes

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HMS Queen Mary was a battlecruiser of the British Royal Navy. Battlecruisers were large Warships in the first half of the 20th century that were first introduced by the British Royal Navy. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located The Royal Navy of the United Kingdom is the oldest of the British armed services (and is therefore known as the Senior Service) She was similar to the Lion class, though she differed in details from her half-sisters. See also Lion class battleship Design The class was adapted from the design of the first "super-dreadnought" (or 13

Upon commissioning, she joined the 1st Battlecruiser Squadron. The 1st Battlecruiser Squadron was a Royal Navy squadron of Battlecruisers that saw service as part of the Grand Fleet during World War 1. On 28 August 1914, she took part in the 1st Battle of Heligoland Bight. Events 475 - The Roman General Orestes forces western Roman Emperor Julius Nepos to flee his Capital Year 1914 ( MCMXIV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year The First Battle of Heligoland Bight was the first Naval battle of the First World War, fought on 28 August 1914 after the British planned to attack She was under refit at the time of the Dogger Bank battle, so she did not take part in that engagement. The Battle of Dogger Bank was a naval battle fought near the Dogger Bank in the North Sea on 24 January 1915, during the First World War After completing her refit, she re-joined the 1st Battlecruiser Squadron.

She was under the command of Captain Cecil I. Prowse at the Battle of Jutland on 31 May 1916. fix various bugs per WikipediaHow to fix bunched-up edit links --> Events 1279 BC - Rameses II (The Great (19th dynasty becomes pharaoh of Ancient Egypt. Year 1916 ( MCMXVI) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Due to her more modern rangefinders, her gunnery was more accurate than the rest of the Royal Navy battlecruisers, and she was firing full broadsides. She had fired about 150 13. 5 in shells, putting one of Derfflinger's turrets out of commission, then she switched fire and focussed 4 hits on the SMS Seydlitz. Construction by Blohm und Voss at their yard in Hamburg, Derfflinger's keel was laid in January 1912 Design The Seydlitz was a unique vessel being a modified version of the previous ''Moltke'' class battlecruisers The mighty Seydlitz hit back, first striking Queen Mary above the right gun on 'Q' turret; this gun was out of action, but the left gun kept firing. Shortly after, more 30. 5 cm (12 inch) shells hit her forward near 'A' and 'B' turrets, and another hit 'Q' turret. The forward magazine exploded, the ship listed to port, and more explosions followed as the ship was sinking. The battlecruiser behind her, HMS Tiger, was showered with hot debris from the explosion. Genesis Tiger was originally intended to be a sister ship of HMS ''Lion'', along with Princess Royal and Queen Mary. All but nine of her 1,266 crew were lost (two of the survivors were picked up by German ships).

Queen Mary explodes during the Battle of Jutland

Moritz von Egidy, captain of the Seydlitz, wrote:

Soon the British light cruisers came in view, and behind them dense clouds of smoke. Then tripod masts and huge hulls loomed over the horizon. There they were again, our friends from Dogger Bank. At 1545 hours we opened fire. After a short time, HMS Indefatigable exploded, followed 20 minutes later by HMS Queen Mary, our target as Tactical Number Three. The spectacle was overwhelming, there was a moment of complete silence, then the calm voice of a gunnery observer announced "Queen Mary blowing up", at once followed by the order "Shift target to the right" given by the gunnery officer in the same matter-of-fact tone as at normal gunnery practice. ^[1]

Her wreck was discovered in 1991 and rests partly upside-down, on sand, 60 metres down. Much equipment is scattered about the wreck. Queen Mary is a Protected War Grave. The Protection of Military Remains Act 1986 (1986 c 35 is an Act of Parliament in the United Kingdom which provides protection for the wreckage of military aircraft

She should not be confused with the ocean liner RMS Queen Mary, though both were named after Mary of Teck. Naming and construction With Germany launching their and into service the British did not want to be left out in this ship building race Mary of Teck (Victoria Mary Augusta Louise Olga Pauline Claudine Agnes 26 May 1867 – 24 March 1953 was the queen-empress consort of George V of the United Kingdom

References

Notes

^ SMS Seydlitz at Jutland

Bibliography

Robert Gardiner, ed. , Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921 (Conway Maritime Press, London, 1985)
John Roberts, Battlecruiser, (Chatham Publishing, London, 1997), ISBN 1-86176-006-X, ISBN 1-55750-068-1

External links

Maritimequest HMS Queen Mary Photo Gallery. Includes striking photo of her explosion at Jutland.
High precision 3D model at Dreadnought Project Model page
Information page at worldwar1.co.uk

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