HMS Queen Elizabeth was a British Fast Division Queen Elizabeth Class dreadnought (Battleship) of 27500 tons displacement launched in 1913. She carried a complement of between 955 and 1016 and was powered by a Parsonsturbine and Admiralty 3-drum type oil fuelled boilers providing 75000 hp and a top speed of 24 knots. Armaments consisted of eight 15 inch guns, twelve 6 inch guns, two 3-inch anti-aircraft guns, four 3 pounder guns, five machine-guns and four submerged 21 inch torpedo tubes. Research Queen Elizabeth