HMS Malaya

	Malaya about 1919–1921
History
United Kingdom
Name	Malaya
Namesake	Federated Malay States
Ordered	1913
Builder	Armstrong Whitworth, South Tyneside
Cost	£2,945,709
Laid down	20 October 1913
Launched	18 March 1915
Commissioned	1 February 1916
Decommissioned	1 December 1944
Stricken	12 April 1948
Identification	Pennant number: 01
Motto	Malem Fero Malis ("I bring evil to the evil")
Fate	Sold for scrap, 20 February 1948
General characteristics (as built)
Class and type	Queen Elizabeth-class battleship
Displacement	32,590 long tons (33,113 t); 33,260 long tons (33,794 t) (Deep load);
Length	639 ft 9 in (195 m)
Beam	90 ft 7 in (27.6 m)
Draught	33 ft (10.1 m)
Installed power	24 Babcock & Wilcox boilers; 75,000 shp (56,000 kW);
Propulsion	4 shafts; 2 steam turbine sets
Speed	24 knots (44 km/h; 28 mph)
Range	5,000 nmi (9,300 km; 5,800 mi) at 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph)
Complement	1,217 (1919)
Armament	4 × twin 15 in (381 mm) guns; 14 × single 6 in (152 mm) guns; 2 × single 3 in (76 mm) AA guns; 4 × 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes;
Armour	Waterline belt: 13 in (330 mm); Deck: 1–3 in (25–76 mm); Barbettes: 7–10 in (178–254 mm); Gun turrets: 11–13 in (279–330 mm); Conning tower: 13 in (330 mm);

HMS Malaya was one of five Queen Elizabeth-class battleships built for the Royal Navy during the 1910s. Shortly after commissioning in early 1916, she participated in the Battle of Jutland of the First World War as part of the Grand Fleet. In the Second World War, Malaya served mostly in escort duties in the Mediterranean Sea and Atlantic Ocean. She was withdrawn from service at the end of 1944, and sold for scrap in 1948.

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