The Royal Navy Started Building 2 46,400 Lion-Class Battleships: 130,000 Horsepower, 9 16-Inch Guns and None Ever Sailed

The Royal Navy Started Building 2 46,400 Lion-Class Battleships: 130,000 Horsepower, 9 16-Inch Guns and None Ever Sailed

Lion Class by the Numbers: 46,400 Tons, Nine 16-Inch Guns and Zero Completed Ships: Britain laid down two Lion-class battleships in 1939 and launched neither. Temeraire began at Cammell Laird in Birkenhead on June 1, while Lion followed at Vickers-Armstrongs’ Walker yard on the Tyne on July 4. Both were expected to enter service in 1942, but work stopped after World War II began. The approved 1938 design displaced 40,550 long tons under standard…