Editing Queen Elizabeth-class battleship (section)

===HMS ''Queen Elizabeth''===
{{HMS|Queen Elizabeth|1913|2}} took part in the [[Dardanelles Campaign]] of 1915 bombarding forts, but missed Jutland in 1916. She became Admiral Beatty's flagship in 1917 after he assumed command of the Grand Fleet. In the Second World War she was [[Raid on Alexandria (1941)|mined]] by Italian frogmen and badly damaged, but did not ground in the shallow water of [[Alexandria Port|Alexandria Harbour]] in 1941.<ref>Burt 2012a, pp. 120–121: "Prior to the attack ''Queen Elizabeth'' had a draught of 33ft 5in forward and 32ft 7in aft; after the explosion: draught 41ft 10in forward, 33ft 10in aft." ''Queen Elizabeth'' was moored in approximately 48ft (8 fathoms) of water.</ref><ref>Brown, David. p. 225.</ref> She was subsequently repaired, and served in the Far East until 1945.