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HMS Tiger (1913)

Quick Facts

Ship Name
HMS Tiger
Type
Battlecruiser
Class
Tiger-class battlecruiser
Built at
John Brown & Company
Commissioned
1913
Armament
8 × 13.5-inch guns
Propulsion
Steam turbines
Role
Battlecruiser
Notable for
Last pre-war British battlecruiser
Fate
Scrapped in 1932
Status
Decommissioned

HMS Tiger was the final British battlecruiser completed before the outbreak of the First World War and combined speed with heavy armament.