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1/350 HMS Queen Mary Forecastle Deck
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The 1910 Programme battle cruiser for the Royal Navy was to be a repeat of the preceding Lion class and, in appearance (aside from small modifications to a casemate and the funnels), she looked identical to the vessels already under construction, Lion and Princess Royal. However, the ship differed in that she had a better internal subdivision, a slightly different armour layout, and heavier shells for the 13.5in guns.
She was christened Queen Mary when launched in March 1912; completed a year and a half later, she would remain in service for a little less than 3 years.
She was to see her first action at Heligoland Bight in 1914; it missed Dogger Bank the following year due to being in drydock, but was third in line in the Battle Cruiser Fleet at Jutland on 31 May 1916. After the loss of Indefatigable, both SMS Derfflinger and SMS Seydlitz took the battle cruiser under fire. Two 30.5cm shells hit around the main battery, one near A and B turrets and the other near Q (the forward turrets and midships one, respectively). Queen Mary was shook apart by a massive magazine detonation which took all 1266 men down with the ship.
The loss of the battle cruiser, as well as two others that day, was not due to insufficient armour protection: in fact Tiger, following Queen Mary in the line of battle, suffered 21 damaging hits yet was in no danger of sinking.
Trials conducted in 2016 showed the ship could indeed endure the same amount of flooding SMS Seydlitz did in the aftermath of the battle, perilously close to sinking at any moment during the return leg of the journey. And Queen Mary could have done the same. So fault is not to put on poor armour protection, but on the very questionable procedures promoted by Admiral Beatty in the Battle Cruiser Fleet to stack ammunition in the turrets and hoists to speed up rate of fire. On some ships anti-flash doors were even removed to aid in this unhealthy method.
What could have saved Queen Mary in the end? Most likely a better commander for the Battle Cruiser Fleet.
She was christened Queen Mary when launched in March 1912; completed a year and a half later, she would remain in service for a little less than 3 years.
She was to see her first action at Heligoland Bight in 1914; it missed Dogger Bank the following year due to being in drydock, but was third in line in the Battle Cruiser Fleet at Jutland on 31 May 1916. After the loss of Indefatigable, both SMS Derfflinger and SMS Seydlitz took the battle cruiser under fire. Two 30.5cm shells hit around the main battery, one near A and B turrets and the other near Q (the forward turrets and midships one, respectively). Queen Mary was shook apart by a massive magazine detonation which took all 1266 men down with the ship.
The loss of the battle cruiser, as well as two others that day, was not due to insufficient armour protection: in fact Tiger, following Queen Mary in the line of battle, suffered 21 damaging hits yet was in no danger of sinking.
Trials conducted in 2016 showed the ship could indeed endure the same amount of flooding SMS Seydlitz did in the aftermath of the battle, perilously close to sinking at any moment during the return leg of the journey. And Queen Mary could have done the same. So fault is not to put on poor armour protection, but on the very questionable procedures promoted by Admiral Beatty in the Battle Cruiser Fleet to stack ammunition in the turrets and hoists to speed up rate of fire. On some ships anti-flash doors were even removed to aid in this unhealthy method.
What could have saved Queen Mary in the end? Most likely a better commander for the Battle Cruiser Fleet.
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