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BRITAIN'S BULWARKS
H.M.S."LION"
PHOTO.SYMONDS & CO
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Valentine's Series
THE "LION" CLASS: THE "LION,"
This class consists of the "Lion" (1910) and
the "Princess Royal" (1911),
The normal displacement of these ships is 26,350
tons, The over-all length is 680 feet; the beam is
86 feet; the maximum draught is 31 feet. The
guns are: eight 13'5-inch; sixteen 4-inch; and four
3-pounders. There are three submerged torpedo-
The designed horse-power is
70,000, and the speed is 28 knots, Complement
1000, Alterations were made after trials, as flames
from the fore-funnel rendered the fire-control
station untenable,
tubes (21-inch).
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