Battleship built by John Brown and Co, Clydebank; standard displacement 42,500 tons; main and secondary armament comprises eight 15-in. guns and sixteen 5.25-in. guns; anti-aircraft artillery includes Bofors Mark VI 6-barrelled weapons and Bofors Mark VII single barrelled guns; main power for propulsion of vessel and for intricate services is derived from boilers in which highly efficient oil burning system is incorporated, evolved at Admiralty Fuel Experiment Station.
H.M.S. "Vanguard."
Shipbldr Mar Engine-Bldr
Shipbuilder and Marine Engine-Builder ; 53 , n 448
1946
2 pages
Article (Journal)
English
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Strain and breakage recording on H.M.S. Vanguard during launching, November 30, 1944
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