HMS Queen Mary

HMS Queen Mary was the last battlecruiser built by the Royal Navy before the First World War. The sole member of her class, Queen Mary shared many features with the Lion-class battlecruisers, including her eight 13.5-inch (343 mm) guns. She was completed in 1913 and participated in the Battle of Heligoland Bight as part of the Grand Fleet in 1914. Like most of the modern British battlecruisers, the ship never left the North Sea during the war. As part of the 1st Battlecruiser Squadron, Queen Mary attempted to intercept a German force that bombarded the North Sea coast of England in December 1914, but was unsuccessful. The ship was refitted in early 1915 and missed the Battle of Dogger Bank in January, but took part in the largest fleet action of the war, the Battle of Jutland in mid-1916. She was struck twice by the German battlecruiser Derfflinger during the early part of the battle and her magazines exploded shortly afterwards, sinking her with the loss of 1,266 of her 1,286 crew members.

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1913  Wikimedia, Wikidata
length 214.4 metre, speed 28 knot, draft 8.8 metre, beam 27.1 metre, 
battlecruiser, shipwreck, Palmers Shipbuilding and Iron Company, Royal Navy, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, 

• Dreadnought Project page^@
• monument in Riksantikvaren register page^@
• Norwegian cultural heritage search page^@
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  SMS V48 ⓘ
  1915 V47-class large torpedo boat

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1913 HMS Queen Mary

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World War I

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Battle of Jutland

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ship completed

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ship commissioning

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ship launching

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keel laying

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1916 Battle of Jutland

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A.B. Cull - H.M.S. Queen Mary lying at anchor in Portsmouth Harbour 2011 CSK 03039 0237 (060653)

Queen Mary (croiseur-cuirassé britannique) - photographie de presse - Agence Rol - btv1b6933007h

20 juillet 1914, revue navale à Portsmouth, le nouvel hydro (hydravion) n° 77 passant au-dessus de l'Iron Duke, le Queen Mary, l'Ajax et le Marlborough (cuirassés), vue prise sur l'Orion - btv1b6930895x

British Ships of the First World War Q21661

British Ships of the First World War Q21661A

L-class destroyers and the battlecruisers 'Lion', 'Queen Mary', and 'Princess Royal', with the 'Mainz', at the Battle of the Heligoland Bight, 28 August 1914 RMG PW1231

QueenMary

British Ships of the First World War Q21661A (cropped)

HMS Queen Mary

Launch of QUEEN MARY LCCN2014690442 (cropped)

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
event	armed conflict	1916	Battle of Jutland	naval battle, Canada, Australia, German Empire, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland	Wikidata
link	page		Dreadnought Project page@		Wikidata
link	page		monument in Riksantikvaren register page@		Wikidata
link	page		Norwegian cultural heritage search page@		Wikidata
link	page		Drachinifel page@		Wikidata
object	watercraft		SMS V48	large torpedo boat of German navy, V47-class large torpedo boat	Wikidata
site	shipwreck	1907	HMS Defence	Minotaur-class armored cruiser, armored cruiser, shipwreck	Wikidata
site	shipwreck	1911	HMS Indefatigable	Indefatigable-class battlecruiser, shipwreck, battlecruiser, heritage site	Wikidata
site	shipwreck	1913	HMS Ardent	shipwreck, destroyer, Acasta-class destroyer	Wikidata
site	shipwreck	1913	HMS Queen Mary	shipwreck, battlecruiser	Wikidata
commons	image		A.B. Cull - H.M.S. Queen Mary lying at anchor in Portsmouth Harbour 2011 CSK 03039 0237 (060653)		Commons
commons	image		Queen Mary (croiseur-cuirassé britannique) - photographie de presse - Agence Rol - btv1b6933007h		Commons
commons	image		20 juillet 1914, revue navale à Portsmouth, le nouvel hydro (hydravion) n° 77 passant au-dessus de l'Iron Duke, le Queen Mary, l'Ajax et le Marlborough (cuirassés), vue prise sur l'Orion - btv1b6930895x		Commons
commons	image		British Ships of the First World War Q21661		Commons
commons	image		British Ships of the First World War Q21661A		Commons
commons	image		L-class destroyers and the battlecruisers 'Lion', 'Queen Mary', and 'Princess Royal', with the 'Mainz', at the Battle of the Heligoland Bight, 28 August 1914 RMG PW1231		Commons
commons	image		QueenMary		Commons
commons	image		British Ships of the First World War Q21661A (cropped)		Commons
commons	image		HMS Queen Mary		Commons
commons	image		Launch of QUEEN MARY LCCN2014690442 (cropped)		Commons