HMS Howe (32)

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HMS Howe
The Howe in the Suez Canal, 1944
The Howe in the Suez Canal , 1944
Ship data
flag United KingdomUnited Kingdom (Naval War Flag) United Kingdom
Ship type Battleship
class King George V Class
Shipyard Fairfield Shipbuilders
Keel laying June 1, 1937
Launch April 9, 1940
Commissioning August 29, 1942
Whereabouts Canceled in 1958
Ship dimensions and crew
length
227.1 m ( Lüa )
225.6 m ( KWL )
width 31.4 m
Draft Max. 9 m
displacement Standard: 39,150 tn. l.
Maximum: 44,510 tn. l.
 
crew 1,521 (1942)
Machine system
machine 8 steam boilers
4 steam turbines
Machine
performance 		110,000 PS (80,905 kW)
Top
speed 		28.3 kn (52 km / h)
propeller 4th
Armament

Main armament:

  • 2 × 4 36 cm L / 45 BL 14 inch Mk VII
  • 1 × 2 36 cm L / 45 BL 14 inch Mk VII

Medium and anti-aircraft artillery from 1942:

Armor
  • Belt armor: 370 mm
  • Armored deck: 127–152 mm

Main turrets

  • Front: 324 mm
Sensors

Surface and air search, fire control from 1944:

  • Radar 274 for main artillery
  • Radar 282 for 40 mm flak
  • Radar 283 for 133mm medium artillery

The HMS Howe ( 32 ), was a British battleship of the King George V class , which during the Second World War was used.

history

The battleship was named after Admiral Richard Howe, 1st Earl Howe . Originally the name Beatty  - after David Beatty, 1st Earl Beatty , the commanding admiral of the battle cruiser fleet in the Skagerrakschlacht  - was intended for the ship. In February 1940 it was decided to christen the ship Howe .

The Howe belonged to the Home Fleet in 1942 and early 1943. Then she was assigned to Force H in the Mediterranean Sea and carried out coastal bombardments at Trapani and Favignana during the landing in Sicily . It was overhauled from October 1943 to June 1944 and then served in the British Pacific Fleet, where it again fired on land targets in support of the Battle of Okinawa . After the war it was used for training and was scrapped from 1957.

literature

  • William Garzke, Robert Dulin: British, Soviet, French, and Dutch Battleships of World War II , 1980, Jane's, ISBN 9780710600783 (English)

Web links

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