HMS Malaya: 1939 - 1948
QUEEN ELIZABETH-Class battleship ordered from Armstrongs in 1913 and laid down on 20th October that year. The cost of this ship, quoted as £2,945,709, was met by the Federated Malay States. The ship was launched on 18th March 1915 as the first RN ship to bear the name and her build was completed on 1st February 1916. During WW1 she took part in the Battle of Jutland on 31st May 1916.
B a t t l e H o n o u r s
JUTLAND 1916 - ATLANTIC 1940-41 - CALABRIA 1940 - MEDITERRANEAN 1940-41 - MALTA CONVOYS 1941-42 - ENGLISH CHANNEL 1944.
H e r a l d i c D a t a
Badge: On a Field Red, a Tiger passant Gold holding a Malay Kris proper.
M o t t o
Malem Fero Malis: 'I bring evil to the evil.
B a t t l e H o n o u r s
JUTLAND 1916 - ATLANTIC 1940-41 - CALABRIA 1940 - MEDITERRANEAN 1940-41 - MALTA CONVOYS 1941-42 - ENGLISH CHANNEL 1944.
H e r a l d i c D a t a
Badge: On a Field Red, a Tiger passant Gold holding a Malay Kris proper.
M o t t o
Malem Fero Malis: 'I bring evil to the evil.
P o s t W a r N o t e s
HMS MALAYA was placed on the Disposal List in 1947 and sold to BISCO on 20th February 1948. The ship arrived at Faslane in tow on 12th April that year to be broken up by Metal Industries.
HMS MALAYA was placed on the Disposal List in 1947 and sold to BISCO on 20th February 1948. The ship arrived at Faslane in tow on 12th April that year to be broken up by Metal Industries.
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