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Battle-cruiser HMS 'Queen Mary' Long Caption: Scale: 1:48. Builder's full hull model of HMS 'Queen Mary' (1912), a battle cruiser. Model is decked, equipped and rigged. The first battle-cruisers were launched in 1907 and their successors increased in size and power in the same way as battleships. HMS 'Queen Mary' (1912) was built by Palmers Shipbuilding and Iron Co. Ltd., Jarrow-on-Tyne. At 700 feet in length and 89 feet in the beam, she was a colossus. She had a complement of 1274, and particular attention was paid to the crew’s amenities including, remarkable at that period, a cinema projector for the entertainment of the ship's company. Credit line: © National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Royal United Service Institution Collection Object: SLR1408 Artist: Palmers Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd Date: circa 1912 Medium: wood; cotton; brass; copper; silver; glass; paint; varnish; lacquer Size: 1425 mm x 4475 mm x 690 mm Click here to buy a bespoke print of this image.