HMS Repulse

Machinery / Capacities / Performance (this section is under construction)
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Armament:
This is the original specifications as built in 1916 and differs from that of 1939, mainly by the removal of one set of triple 4-inch guns to be part of later modernisations. These included three multiple pom-poms, six anti- aircraft guns (3 each side), four 0.5 anti aircraft guns and four Oerlikon.
Main guns:	6 x 15-inch
Secondary guns	17 x 4-inch secondary guns
AA:	2 x 3 inch 4 x 3 pdr
General:	5 x machine gun (1 landing)
Torpedo Tubes:	8 (above water)

Click here to visit HMS Hood Association's pages about the Empire Cruise of HMS Repulse and HMS Hood.

Date	Details	Place
25th January 1915	Laid down	Clydebank, Scotland
8th January 1916	Launched
18th August 1916	Commissioned
16th September 1916	Joined Battle Cruiser Force as flagship of No.1 Battle Cruiser Squadron.
17th November, 1917	Admiral Sir Charles Napier on board his flagship HMS Repulse and with Captain John Dumaresq in command, H.M.S. Repulse took part in the Battle of Heligoland bight, along with the Battle cruisers HMS Courageous and HMS Glorious, also the light cruisers Calypso and Caledon. against the German battleships Kaiser and Kaiserine.
12 December 1917	The battle cruiser HMAS Australia was in collision with the battle cruiser HMS Repulse. HMAS Australia was damaged, and subsequently underwent repairs for several weeks.

April`1922	Captain Frederic Charles Dreyer in command of H.M.S. Repulse as part of the Battle Cruiser Squadron with H.M.S. Hood.
1923	World Tour by Prince of Wales accompanied by Lt Louis Mountbatten. (accompanied by HMS Curlew)
1924	RN Special Service Squadron (Hood, Repulse and five light cruisers visit Australia - sailed accompanied by cruiser HMAS Adelaide (on exchange to the R.N.) This was called the 'Empire Cruise', (or the 'Booze Cruise' by the crew members). Click here to view a booklet produced by the Australian Government detailing the events scheduled during the visit to Sydney.	Australia

April 1933 to May 1936	HMS Repulse was rebuilt at Portsmouth yard.	England

April 14th, 1936	Commissioned at Portsmouth
June 8th, 1936	Repulse left England	England
June	Arrived and embarked Battalion of Gordon Highlanders at Gibraltar left same day for Malta.	Gibraltar, Malta
July	All the fleet assembled at Alexandria due to Abyssinian Crisis. Fleets dispersed: Repulse left for with Gordon Highlanders. Outbreak of Spanish War.	Alexandria, Gibraltar
July	Repulse does great work with Refugees especially in Palma Majorca.	Majorca
August	Thrilling rescue of British Steamer Gibel Zerjon by Repulse when stopped by Republican cruiser Miguel de Cervantes
August 30th	Ship inspected by First Lord of the Admiralty, Sir Samuel Hoare: General leave each watch. Exercises off Malta	Malta
September	Left Malta for cruise to Greece. Visited Skiathos: Volo: and the Greek capital Athens, where H.M. King of Greece inspected Med: Fleet ships.	Malta, Greece
October	Also visit to Crete, returned to Malta. Refit in floating dock	Crete, Malta
November	Ship’s Marathon Race won by A.X. Division. R.M.’s in camp at Ghain Tuffieha.
December	Left Malta for Gibraltar and Tangier. Christmas in Gibraltar.	Gibraltar, Tangier
January 1937	Malta, and cruise to Greece	Malta, Greece
February	Exercises off Malta	Malta
March	Combined Fleet maneuvers in Atlantic	Atlantic
April	Final of Inter-part ship Football won by Accountant Div: Refit in floating dock Malta. Left for England.....	Malta
May 9th	.....to take part in Coronation Review at Spithead, Portsmouth	England
May 12th	Coronation Day - Review of the Fleet and foreign ships by their Majesties the King and Queen on board the Royal Yacht: 7 days leave each watch. Ship’s companies at home.	England
June 9th	Repulse once more leaves England	Malta, Haifa, Corfu
July 4th	Arrived Malta. , sudden departure for Haifa. Jewish-Arab tension in Holy Land. Left for Corfu where King of Greece inspected ship.
August	Exercises off Malta. Mew A.C.Q. inspects ship. Summer cruise, visits to Argostoli and Corfu: Valona-Albania.	Malta, Albania
September	Nyon Agreement left for Aegean Sea – Submarine patrol: Mudros-Skyros main islands in patrol. Coast of Turkey shows ruins of Great War.	Malta, Aegean Sea, Turkey
October	First Lord of Admiralty, Mr. Duff-Cooper inspects ship in Kalamitza Bay: General leave at Athens. Malta once more.	Athens, Malta
November	Left for patrol in Aegean Sea. Skyros-Mudros: Phalerum Bay and more general leave. To sea to hold up a gun runner S.S. African Trader, Repulse hands capture over to destroyer escort. Left Skyros for Malta.	Aegean Sea, Malta
December	In floating dock . Christmas 1937 in Malta. Exercises and A.C.Q.’s inspection.	Malta
January 1938	Left with four minesweepers for Alexandria.	Alexandria
February	Malta – “Centurion” Shoot A.C.Q. – general drill and ship’s inspection. Inter-part ship Football Final won by Torpedo Div.	Malta
March	Left Malta for Gibraltar for combined fleet manoeuvres series one and two exercises: Left for Palma and spell in Spanish Waters. Barcelona-Marseilles-Valencia-Caldetas.	Gibraltar, Palma, Spanish waters
April	Left Palma and Spanish War behind for French Riviera. Monte Carlo – general leave – San Raphael.	French Riviera
May	Back to Malta. “Centurion” Shoot.	Malta
June	Malta “Black Out.” Stokers “A” Ship’s Cricket Champions. Left for Corfu.	Malta
July	En-route for Navarin. Signalled to proceed to Haifa scene of Jewish-Arab riots. Officers, Ratings and Marines landed. Valuable assistance by Repulse.	Corfu
August	Haifa-Jaffa, arriving at Limasol was ordered to return to Haifa. Once more troops landed, at last our welcome relief the Malaya arrived G.O.C. – March-past. Presentation and Address. With “paying off” pendant hoisted left for Malta. Arrived and left Malta for Gibraltar and Tangier.
Thursday, September 8th	Arriving at Portsmouth, to give leave and pay off after a very eventful commission.
24th September, 1938	Ship’s Company recalled from leave owing to International Crisis.
Sunday, 25th September, 1938.	The ship sailed for Scapa Flow. Remained with Fleet for two weeks
12th October, 1938.	returning to Portsmouth, First Watch recommenced leave two days later. Approx: Mileage covered during Commission from June 1936 – October 1938, 48,000 miles. Signed, John Godfrey, Captain

September 3, 1939	The Royal Navy at the start of the war.	Great Britain
October 5, 1939	Hunting groups against corsairs.	North Atlantic

1940	Repulse operated off Norway.
1941	Convoy duty until the summer of 1941.

October 1941	Repulse joined the Eastern Fleet in October 1941.
December 2, 1941	Arrived at Singapore with HMS Prince of Wales.
December 10, 1941	Sunk as part of Force Z along with HMS Prince of Wales.	Singapore, Malaysia

Builder:	John Browns, Clydebank, Scotland.
Laid down:	25th January 1915
Launched:	8th January 1916
Commissioned:	18th August 1916
Costs:	An estimated figure of £2,627,401 was submitted on the completion of Repulse, but further costs had to be submitted.

Dimensions:
Length:	794 feet
Beam:	90 feet
Displacement:	32,000 tons (full load)
Draught:	26ft

Armour / Protection (this section is under construction)
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