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HMS Malaya was one of five Queen Elizabeth-class super-dreadnought battleships built for the Royal Navy during the 1910s. Shortly after commissioning in early 1916, she participated in the Battle of Jutland of the First World War as part of the Grand Fleet. Malaya spent the interwar period between the Mediterranean Fleet, Atlantic Fleet, and ...
The following tables show the hits scored on individual ships at the Battle of Jutland. They provide good insights into when conditions favoured each of the navies and an image of the standard of gunnery in both forces. Hits on capital ships, 15:48-16:54. HMS Lion
The most powerful British ships of all (the 15-inch-guns of the 5th Battle Squadron) directly observed German battleships crossing astern of them in action with British light forces, at ranges of 3 mi (2.6 nmi; 4.8 km) or less, and gunners on HMS Malaya made ready to fire, but her captain declined, [106] deferring to the authority of Rear ...
British capital ships carried a larger weight of broadside—332,360 lb (150.76 t) compared to 134,216 lb (60.879 t)—than the German ones. [2]The German Navy's torpedo boats were of similar size and function to the destroyers in the Royal Navy, and are often referred to as such.
Given the speed of the new ships, envisaged as 25 knots (46 km/h; 29 mph), it was decided that the battlecruiser would not be needed and a fourth battleship would be built instead. When the Federation of Malay States offered to fund a further capital ship, the Admiralty decided to add a fifth unit to the class, HMS Malaya. [8]
All three ships participated in the Battle of Jutland, firing no more than 62 shells at the cruiser SMS Wiesbaden and the battle cruiser SMS Derfflinger, but without success. [32] Later, Bellerophon served as the junior flagship of the 4th Squadron from June to September 1917 while its usual flagship (HMS Colossus) was being refitted. [33]
HMS Malaya Captain the Honourable A. D. E. H. Boyle; In the clash with the German I Scouting Group under Admiral Franz von Hipper , the 5th Battle Squadron "fired with extraordinary rapidity and accuracy" (according to Reinhard Scheer ), damaging the battlecruisers SMS Lützow and Seydlitz and a number of other German warships.
Rear Admiral Sir Robert Keith Arbuthnot, 4th Baronet, KCB, MVO (23 March 1864 – 31 May 1916) was a Royal Navy officer during the First World War.He was killed at the Battle of Jutland, when the cruiser squadron he commanded came under heavy fire after a bold but ill-judged attack on the German battle fleet.