British Battleship HMS Howe
HMS Howe was the last of five King George V-class battleships built for the Royal Navy. Laid down 1 June 1937 and launched on 9 April 1940, she was not commissioned until 29 August 1942 because resources were need for higher priority projects such as merchant and escort ships. Howe spent the early part of her career escorting Arctic convoys before participating in Operation Husky, the invasion of Sicily. In July 1944, HMS Howe was moved to the Pacific, where she bombarded Okinawa as part of the British Pacific Fleet.
Post war, Howe was used as a training ship, until placed in reserve in 1950. She was sold for scrap in 1958 and broken up in 1951.
| Class and type | King George V-class battleship |
| Displacement | 39,150 long tons (39,780 t) standard 44,510 long tons (45,220 t) full |
| Length | 744 feet 11.5 inches (227.1 m) 740 ft 1 in (225.6 m) (waterline) |
| Beam | 103 feet (31.4 m) |
| Draught | 29 feet 6 inches (9.0 m) |
| Installed power | 110,000 shp (82,000 kW) |
| Propulsion | 8 Admiralty 3-drum small-tube boilers 4 sets Parsons geared turbines |
| Speed | 28.3 knots (52.4 km/h; 32.6 mph) |
| Range | 15,600 nmi (28,900 km; 18,000 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph) |
| Complement | 1,521 (1941) |
| Armament | 10 × BL 14-inch (360 mm) Mark VII 16 × QF 5.25-inch (133 mm) Mk. I 48 × QF 2 pdr 1.575-inch (40.0 mm) Mk.VIII 18 × 20 mm (0.8 in) Oerlikon AA guns |
| Armour | Main belt: 14.7 inches (370 mm) Lower belt: 5.4 inches (140 mm) Deck: 5–6 inches (127–152 mm) Main turrets: 12.75 inches (324 mm) Barbettes: 12.75 inches (324 mm) Bulkheads: 10–12 inches (254–305 mm) Conning tower: 3–4 inches (76–102 mm). |
| Aircraft carried | 4 Supermarine Walrus seaplanes, 1 double-ended catapult |
