Revenge Class Battleships

Class Details

Name Builder Laid Down Launched Commissioned
Ramillies Beardmore (Clyde) November 12th 1913 September 12th 1916 September 1917
Revenge Vickers (Barrow) December 22nd 1913 May 29th 1915 March 1916
Resolution Palmers (Jarrow) November 29th 1913 January 14th 1915 December 1916
Royal Oak Devonport Dockyard January 15th 1914 November 17th 1914 May 1916
Royal Sovereign Portsmouth Dockyard January 15th 1914 April 29th 1915 May 1916

Above: The daunting lines of the Royal Oak. H.M.S Barham and H.M.S Prince of Wales were the only other Royal Naval battleships lost during the Second World War.

Above: HMS Royal Sovereign leads a line of Royal Navy battleships.

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