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HMS ''Resolution'' (pennant number: 09) was one of five s built for the Royal Navy during World War I. Completed after the Battle of Jutland in 1916, she saw no combat during the war. The future First Sea Lord John H. D. Cunningham served aboard her as Flag Captain to Admiral Sir William Fisher, the commander-in-chief of the Mediterranean Fleet. ==Design and description== (詳細はfuel oil and coal, but First Sea Lord Jackie Fisher rescinded the decision for coal in October 1914. Still under construction, the ships were redesigned to employ oil-fired boilers that increased the power of the engines by over the original specification.〔Burt 1986, pp. 271–72, 81〕 ''Resolution'' had a length overall of , a beam of and a deep draught of . She had a designed displacement of and displaced at deep load. She was powered by 2 sets of Parsons steam turbines, each driving two shafts, using steam from eighteen Yarrow boilers. The turbines were rated at and intended to give the ship a maximum speed of . During her sea trials on 22 May 1916, the ship only reached a top speed of from .〔Burt 1986, pp. 276, 281〕 She had a range of at a cruising speed of .〔Burt 2012, p. 156〕 Her crew numbered 909 officers and enlisted men in 1916. Her metacentric height was at deep load.〔Burt 1986, pp. 276, 282〕 The ''Revenge'' class was equipped with eight breech-loading (BL) guns in four twin gun turrets, in two superfiring pairs fore and aft of the superstructure, designated 'A', 'B', 'X', and 'Y' from front to rear. Twelve of the fourteen guns were mounted in casemates along the broadside of the vessel amidshipsl; the remaining pair were mounted on the shelter deck and were protected by gun shields. The ship also mounted four 3-pounder () guns. Her anti-aircraft (AA) armament consisted of two quick-firing (QF) 〔"Cwt" is the abbreviation for hundredweight, 20 cwt referring to the weight of the gun.〕 guns. She was fitted with four submerged torpedo tubes, two on each broadside.〔Burt 1986, pp. 274–76〕 ''Resolution'' was completed with two fire-control directors fitted with rangefinders. One was mounted above the conning tower, protected by an armoured hood, and the other was in the spotting top above the tripod foremast. Each turret was also fitted with a 15-foot rangefinder. The main armament could be controlled by 'X' turret as well. The secondary armament was primarily controlled by directors mounted on each side of the compass platform on the foremast once they were fitted in April 1917.〔Raven & Roberts, p. 33〕 A torpedo-control director with a 15-foot rangefinder was mounted at the aft end of the superstructure.〔Burt 1986, p. 276〕 The ship's waterline belt consisted of Krupp cemented armour (KC) that was thick between 'A' and 'Y' barbettes and thinned to 4 to 6 inches (102 to 152 mm) towards the ship's ends, but did not reach either the bow or the stern. Above this was a strake of armour 6 inches thick that extended between 'A' and 'X' barbettes. Transverse bulkheads 4 to 6 inches thick ran at an angle from the ends of the thickest part of the waterline belt to 'A' and 'Y' barbettes.〔Burt 1986, pp. 272–73, 276〕 The gun turrets were protected by of KC armour, except for the turret roofs which were thick. The barbettes ranged in thickness from above the upper deck, but were only 4 to 6 inches thick below it. The ''Revenge''-class ships had multiple armoured decks that ranged from in thickness.〔Raven & Roberts, p. 36〕 The main conning tower had 13 inches of armour on the sides with a 3-inch roof. The torpedo director in the rear superstructure had 6 inches of armour protecting it.〔Burt 1986, p. 277〕 After the Battle of Jutland, 1 inch of high-tensile steel was added to the main deck over the magazines and additional anti-flash equipment was added in the magazines.〔Raven & Roberts, p. 44〕 The ship was fitted with flying-off platforms mounted on the roofs of 'B' and 'X' turrets in 1918, from which fighters and reconnaissance aircraft could launch.〔 In 1927 a rotating aircraft catapult was installed on ''Resolution''s quarterdeck. It was removed during her 1929–31 refit.〔Burt 2012, p. 171〕 The flying-off platforms were removed in 1932–33. A catapult was added on the roof of 'X' turret by September 1936 as well as a crane to handle the aircraft.〔Raven & Roberts, pp. 167–68〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「HMS Resolution (09)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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