HMS Malaya
Service
- as Malaya1 February 1916 — 1 December 19441,918 days of the war
- Name
- HMS Malaya
- Namesake
- Federated Malay States
- Builder
- Armstrong Whitworth, South Tyneside
- Ordered
- 1913
- Laid down
- 20 October 1913
- Launched
- 18 March 1915
- Commissioned
- 1 February 1916
- Decommissioned
- 1 December 1944
- Struck
- 12 April 1948
- Fate
- Sold for scrap, 20 February 1948 (1948)
- Status
- Scrapped
Specifications
- Displacement, standard
- 32,590 long tons (33,113 t)
- Displacement, full load
- 33,260 long tons (33,794 t)
- Length
- 194.77 m (639 ft)
- Beam
- 27.43 m (90 ft)
- Draught
- 10.06 m (33 ft)
- Speed
- 24 knots (44.4 km/h, 27.6 mph)
- Range
- 5,000 nmi (9,260 km)
- Complement
- 1,217
- Main gun
- 381 mm (15 in)
HMS Malaya was a Queen Elizabeth-class battleship, operated by the Royal Navy. She was named for Federated Malay States. Her keel was laid at Armstrong Whitworth, South Tyneside on 20 October 1913. She entered service on 1 February 1916, having been launched on 18 March 1915.
Her class ran to five ships. The class followed the Iron Duke-class battleship and was succeeded by the Revenge-class battleship.
Displacement was 32,590 long tons standard and 33,260 long tons at full load. She measured 194.8 m (639 ft) long with a beam of 27.4 m (90 ft). Her designed speed was 24 knots, and she carried a complement of 1,217.
Her main battery was eight 381 mm (15 in) guns in four twin mountings. Her machinery developed 75,000 shp through four shafts.
She was in commission for 1,918 days of the Second World War. She was decommissioned on 1 December 1944. She was struck from the register on 12 April 1948.
She was broken up for scrap on 20 February 1948.
Written from the harvested record. Every figure above is sourced; the wording is this site's own.
Armament and machinery
Armament and machinery
- Propulsion
- 4 shafts; 2 steam turbine sets
- Power
- 24 Babcock & Wilcox boilers
- 75000 shp
- Armament
- 4 × twin 15 in guns
- 14 × single 6 in guns
- 2 × single 3 in AA guns
- 4 × 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes
- Armour
- Waterline belt: 13 in
- Deck: 1 - 3 in
- Barbettes: 7 - 10 in
- Gun turrets: 11 - 13 in
- Conning tower: 13 in
Sister ships
Sources
- Facts harvested from HMS Malaya on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
- Photograph: UK Government — Sourced from http://www.battleships-cruisers.co.uk , which states this was taken between 1919 and 1921 — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons