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'Repulse' - reproduced with thanks from Martin Stephens 'Sea Battles in Close-up' (published by Ian Allan, London 1988)
An early photograph of Repulse

Repulse

Data

Laid Down25 January 1915 Launched8 January 1916 CompletedAugust 1916

Displacement 32,000 tons (standard) - 38,300 tons (at full load)

Length overall 794.2  feet Length (pp) 750 feet

Beam90 feet (101 feet including external bulges)Draught27 feet

PropulsionGeared turbines - 4 shaftsShaft horsepower 120,000Speed 28.3 knots

Armament (in May 1941)
6 x 15-inch 42-caliber guns (3 x 2)
9 x 4-inch guns (3 x 3)  plus 6 x4-inch anti-aircraft guns (3 x 2)
24 x 2 pounder AA guns (3 x 8) / 8 x 20 mm AA guns (8 x 1) / 16 x 0.5 inch AA guns (4 x 4)
8 x 21-inch torpedo tubes (4 x 2 - fixed)

Complement 1,180

Philippine Sea

The Battle for Leyte Gulf

Acknowledgments

The Photograph of 'Repulse' on this page is reproduced, with thanks, from -
'Sea Battles in Close-up' by Martin Stephen
(Ian Allan, London 1988)