OVERVIEW



HMS Royal Oak survived the fighting of World War 1 only to be sunk by German U-boat U-47 at Scapa Flow during World War 2.

ORIGIN: United Kingdom

YEAR: 1939

STATUS: Lost-in-Service

SHIP CLASS: Revenge-class

SHIPS-IN-CLASS (8): HMS Revenge (06); HMS Resolution (09); HMS Royal Oak (08); HMS Royal Sovereign (05); HMS Ramillies (07); HMS Resistance; HMS Renown; HMS Repulse

OPERATORS: United Kingdom

SPECIFICATIONS



Unless otherwise noted the presented statistics below pertain to the base HMS Royal Oak (08) design. Common measurements, and their respective conversions, are shown when possible.

CREW: 909

LENGTH: 620.6 feet (189.16 meters)

BEAM: 88.5 feet (26.97 meters)

DRAUGHT: 33.6 feet (10.24 meters)

DISPLACEMENT (SURFACE): 30,000 tons

PROPULSION: 18 x Yarrow boilers feeding 2 x Steam turbines developing 40,000 horsepower to 4 x Shafts.

SPEED (SURFACE): 22 knots (25 miles-per-hour)

RANGE: 6,995 nautical miles (8,050 miles; 12,955 kilometers)

ARMAMENT



8 x 15" (381mm) /42 caliber main guns in four twin-gunned turrets.
14 x BL 6" (152.4mm) Mk XII secondary guns in single-gunned emplacements.
2 x QF 3" (76.20mm) 20 cwt Anti-Aircraft (AA) guns in single-gunned emplacements.
4 x 47mm AA guns in single-gunned emplacements.
4 x 21 (533mm) torpedo tubes.

AIR WING



None.

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