Editing Queen Elizabeth-class battleship (section)

{{Short description|Class of British battleships}}
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{{Use British English|date=November 2017}}
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{{Infobox ship image
| Ship image = HMS Queen Elizabeth Lemnos 1915 AWM H12931 clipped.jpeg
| Ship caption = {{HMS|Queen Elizabeth|1913|2}} in her original configuration at [[Lemnos]], 24 April 1915
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{{Infobox ship class overview
| Name = ''Queen Elizabeth'' class
| Builders = 
*[[Armstrong Whitworth]]
*[[Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering|Fairfields]]
*[[HMNB Devonport|Devonport Dockyard]]
*[[John Brown and Company|John Brown & Co.]]
*[[Portsmouth Dockyard]]
| Operators = {{navy|United Kingdom}}
| Class before = {{sclass|Iron Duke|battleship|4}}
| Class after = {{sclass|Revenge|battleship|4}}
| Cost = 
| Built range = 
| In service range = 
| In commission range = 1914–1947
| Total ships planned = 6
| Total ships completed = 5
| Total ships cancelled = 1
| Total ships lost = 1
| Total ships scrapped = 4
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{{Infobox ship characteristics
| Hide header = 
| Header caption = (as built)
| Ship type = [[Dreadnought#Super-dreadnoughts|Super dreadnought battleship]]
| Ship displacement = *{{convert|32590|LT|t|lk=on}} (normal)
* {{convert|33260|LT|t}} ([[Deep load]])
| Ship length = {{convert|643|ft|9|in|m|abbr=on|1}} ([[o/a]])
| Ship beam = {{convert|90|ft|7|in|m|abbr=on|1}}
| Ship draught = {{convert|33|ft|7|in|m|abbr=on|1}} ([[deep load]])
| Ship power =* 24 [[water-tube boiler]]s
*{{convert|75000|shp|lk=on|abbr=on}}
| Ship propulsion = *4 shafts; 2 [[steam turbine]] sets
| Ship speed = {{convert|24|kn|lk=in}}
| Ship range = {{convert|5000|nmi|abbr=on|-1}} at {{convert|12|kn}}
| Ship complement = *923–951 (as completed) 
*1,249–1,262 (as flagships, 1920)
| Ship armament = *4 × twin [[BL 15 inch Mk I naval gun|{{cvt|15|in|mm|0}} guns]]
* 12, 14, or 16 × single [[BL 6 inch Mk XII naval gun|{{cvt|6|in|mm|0}} guns]]
* 2 × single [[QF 3 inch 20 cwt|{{cvt|3|in|mm|0}}]] [[AA gun]]s
* 4 × [[British 21-inch torpedo|{{cvt|21|in|mm|0}}]] [[torpedo tube]]s
| Ship armour = *[[Belt armor|Waterline belt]]: {{convert|13|in|mm|0|abbr=on}}
* [[Deck (ship)|Deck]]: {{convert|1|-|3|in|mm|0|abbr=on}}
* [[Barbette]]s: {{convert|7|-|10|in|mm|abbr=on|0}}
* [[Gun turret]]s: {{convert|11|-|13|in|mm|0|abbr=on}}
* [[Conning tower]]: {{convert|13|in|mm|0|abbr=on}}
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The '''''Queen Elizabeth''-class battleships''' were a group of five [[dreadnought#Super-dreadnoughts|super-dreadnoughts]] built for the [[Royal Navy]] during the 1910s. These battleships were superior in firepower, protection and speed to their Royal Navy predecessors of the {{sclass|Iron Duke|battleship|4}} as well as preceding German classes such as the {{sclass|König|battleship|4}}. The corresponding {{sclass|Bayern|battleship|0}} ships were generally considered competitive, although the ''Queen Elizabeth'' class were {{convert|2|kn|km/h}} faster and outnumbered the German class 5:2. The ''Queen Elizabeth''s are generally considered the first [[fast battleships]] of their day.

The ''Queen Elizabeth''s were the first battleships to be armed with [[BL 15 inch Mk I naval gun|{{convert|15|in|adj=on|0}} guns]], and were described in the 1919 edition of ''[[Jane's Fighting Ships]]'' as "the most successful type of capital ship yet designed."<ref name="Jane's 1919">{{cite book
| title = Jane's Fighting Ships of World War I
| last = Jane
| first = Fred T. (Parkes, Surgeon-Lt. R.N. Dr. Oscar and Prendergast, Maurice co-ed.)
| publisher = Jane's Publishing (1990 reprint, Military Press, New York; dist. by Crown Publishers)
| year = 1919
| isbn = 0-517-03375-5
| location = London
| pages = 36
}}</ref> They saw much service in both world wars. [[HMS Barham (04)|''Barham'']] was lost to a [[U-boat]] attack in 1941, but the others survived the wars and were scrapped in the late 1940s.