HMS LION IN DOCK 40

HMS LION A BRITISH BATTLECRUISER 1912

FWD PORT QTR VEIW -------- AFT PORT QTR VEIW

A CLOSE UP VEIW OF THE BRIDGE AREA BEFORE UPGRADE STARTS

DETAIL OF MUCH MIDSHIPS WORK RQD ---------- AFT VEIW WITH MANY PARTS TO UPGRADE

OVERHEAD VEIW OF BASIC BOW DETAILS ( MUCH TO BE UPGRADED )

BOW OVERHEAD VEIW --------- STERN OVERHEAD VEIW

PORT SIDE BASIC DETAIL BEFORE WORK STARTS

BOW VEIW ----------- STERN VEIW

STD VEIW OF WORK SO FAR

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Name: HMS Lion
Namesake: The lion
Ordered: 1909–10 Building Programme
Builder: Devonport Dockyard
Laid down: 29 November 1909
Launched: 6 August 1910
Commissioned: 4 June 1912
Decommissioned: 30 May 1922
Fate: Sold for scrap 31 January 1924

General characteristics

Class and type: Lion-class battlecruiser

Displacement:

26,270 long tons (26,690 t) (normal load)
30,820 long tons (31,310 t) (deep load)

Length: 700 ft (213.4 m)
Beam: 88 ft 6.75 in (27.0 m)
Draught: 32 ft 5 in (9.9 m) at deep load

Installed power: 70,000 shp (52,199 kW)

Propulsion:

Four-shaft Parsons direct-drive steam turbines
42 Yarrow water-tube boilers

Speed: 28 knots (52 km/h; 32 mph)

Range: 5,610 nmi (10,390 km; 6,460 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph)

Complement: 1,092

Armament:

4 × 2 – BL 13.5-inch Mk V guns
16 × 1 – BL 4-inch Mark VII guns
2 × 1 – 21-inch (533 mm) Mk II submerged torpedo tubes

Armour:

Belt: 9–4 inches (229–102 mm)
Bulkheads: 4 inches (102 mm)
Barbettes: 9–8 inches (229–203 mm)
Turrets: 9 inches (229 mm)
Decks: 2.5 inches (64 mm)
Conning tower: 10 inches (254 mm)

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