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New Zealand

HMS New Zealand

Survived

Royal Navy

TypeBattlecruiser
ClassIndefatigable
WarFirst World War
Main guns8 × 12″ guns in 4 twin turrets

Paid for by New Zealand. Fought at Heligoland Bight, Dogger Bank and Jutland, and was hit only once.

Indefatigable class battle cruiser HMS New Zealand berthed at Outer Harbour, South Australia. HMS New Zealand, carrying Lord and Lady Jellicoe, arrived at Outer Harbor, Port Adelaide, on 25 May 1919, having sailed from Fremantle via Port Lincoln. HMS New Zealand sailed for Melbourne in the early hou Photo: State Library of South Australia from Australia, CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Armament and specifications

Armament

  • 4 × twin 12 in (305 mm) guns
  • 16 × single 4 in (102 mm) guns
  • 2 × single 18 in (450 mm) torpedo tubes.

Armour

  • Belt: 4–6 in (102–152 mm)
  • Decks: 1.5–2.5 in (38–64 mm)
  • Turrets: 7 in (178 mm)
BuilderFairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering, Govan
Laid down20 June 1910
Launched1 July 1911
Commissioned19 November 1912
Displacement18,500 long tons (18,800 t) at normal load
Length590 ft 3.5 in (179.9 m)
Speed25 knots (46 km/h; 29 mph)
Complement818 (1913), 853 (1919), 1070 (1921)

As built, from the ship's Wikipedia article. Figures there may cover later refits too.

Career

Launched

1 July 1911

28 August 1914

24 January 1915

31 May – 1 June 1916

Fate

Survived

Sold for scrap, 22 January 1923