Her design evolved from of the King George V class and incorporated much of the fully developed design for the two battleships, LION and TEMERAIRE, which were laid down in 1939 but never completed. She was built during the Second World War and utilised existing spare twin 15-inch gun ...
At 4.40pm Jellicoe’s wireless room on HMS Iron Duke took in the message from HMS Southampton that she had sighted the German Battle Fleet bearing south-east course north. This information was confirmed by a message from Beatty that had to be ...
Admiral David Beatty's Battle Cruiser Fleet flagship HMS Lion survived, in large part because the interlock system had been restored. While Jon Sumida and John Brooks have debated the merits of rival fire-control systems, Burt points out that the British system, however imperfect, was far ...
A few weeks later, destroyers took part in the Battle of Jutland. On the last day of May of 1916, two armadas of steel were set on a collision course for each other in the waters of the North Sea without even knowing it. The British had superior numbers, with 155 warships under the...