HMS Repulse
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History
United Kingdom
Name
Repulse
Ordered
30 December 1914
Builder
John Brown & Company, Clydebank
Laid down
25 January 1915
Launched
8 January 1916
Commissioned
18 August 1916
Identification
Pennant number: 34
Motto
Qui Tangit Frangitur
Who touches me is broken
Nickname(s)
Repair[1]
Fate
Sunk by Japanese bombers, 10 December 1941
General characteristics (as built)
Class and type
Renown-class battlecruiser
Displacement
27,200 long tons (27,636 t) (normal)
32,220 long tons (32,737 t) (deep load)
Length
750 ft 2 in (228.7 m) p.p.
794 ft 1.5 in (242 m) (o.a.)
Beam
90 ft 1.75 in (27.5 m)
Draught
27 ft (8.2 m)
Installed power
42 × water-tube boilers
112,000 shp (84,000 kW)
Propulsion
4 × shafts, 2 × steam turbine sets,
Speed
31.5 knots (58.3 km/h; 36.2 mph)
Crew
967
1,222 (1919)
Armament
3 × twin 15 in (381 mm) guns
5 × triple, 2 × single 4 in (102 mm) guns
2 × single 3 in (76 mm) AA guns
2 × 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes
Armour
Belt: 3–6 in (76–152 mm)
Decks: 1–2.5 in (25–64 mm)
Barbettes: 4–7 in (102–178 mm)
Gun turrets: 7–9 in (178–229 mm)
Conning tower: 10 in (254 mm)
Bulkheads: 3–4 in (76–102 mm)
General characteristics (1939)
Displacement
34,600 long tons (35,155 t)
Draught
29 ft 8 in (9 m)
Installed power
8 × boilers, 112,000 shp (84,000 kW)
Propulsion
4 × shafts, 4 × steam turbines
Speed
31 knots (57 km/h; 36 mph)
Range
6,650 nmi (12,320 km; 7,650 mi)
Complement
1,181
Armament
3 × twin 15 in (381 mm) guns
3 × triple 4 in (102 mm) guns
6 × single 4 in (102 mm) AA guns
2 × quadruple 40 mm (1.6 in) 2-pdr AA guns
Armour
Belt: 2–9 in (51–229 mm)
Decks: 1–4 in (25–102 mm)
otherwise no change
Aircraft carried
4 × seaplanes
Aviation facilities
1 × aircraft catapult
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