page_title: HMS Princess Royal (1911)
section_title: Construction and career
hierarchical_section_title: HMS Princess Royal (1911) / Construction and career
caption_attribution_description: English: Royal Navy battlecruiser Princess Royal, Imperial Russian battleship Andrei Pervozvannyi, armoured cruiser Admiral Makarov and Royal Navy battlecruiser Queen Mary at Kronstadt roadstead, June 1914. Русский: Британский линейный крейсер Принсес Ройал, линейный корабль Андрей Первозванный, броненосный крейсер Адмирал Макаров и британский линейный крейсер Куин Мери на Кронштадтском рейде, июнь 1914 года.
context_page_description: HMS Princess Royal was the second of two Lion-class battlecruisers built for the Royal Navy before the First World War. Designed in response to the Moltke-class battlecruisers of the Imperial German Navy, the ships significantly improved on the speed, armament, and armour of the preceding Indefatigable class. The ship was named for The Princess Royal, a title occasionally granted to the Monarch's eldest daughter.
  Laid down in 1912 and commissioned in 1913, Princess Royal served in the Battle of Heligoland Bight a month after the war began. She was then sent to the Caribbean to prevent the German East Asia Squadron from using the Panama Canal. After the East Asia Squadron was sunk at the Battle of the Falkland Islands in December 1914, Princess Royal rejoined the 1st Battlecruiser Squadron. During the Battle of Dogger Bank, Princess Royal scored only a few hits, although one crippled the German armoured cruiser Blücher. Shortly afterward, she became the flagship of the 1st Battlecruiser Squadron, under the command of Rear-Admiral Osmond Brock.
  Princess Royal was moderately damaged during the Battle of Jutland and required a month and a half of repairs.
context_section_description: Princess Royal was laid down at the Vickers Shipyard in Barrow-in-Furness on 2 May 1910. She was launched on 29 April 1911 by Princess Louise, The Princess Royal, and commissioned into the Royal Navy on 14 November 1912. She cost £1,955,922 plus an additional £120,300 for her armament. Upon commissioning, Princess Royal joined the 1st Cruiser Squadron, which was renamed the 1st Battlecruiser Squadron (BCS) in January 1913. Rear-Admiral Beatty assumed command of the 1st BCS on 1 March 1913. The squadron, including Princess Royal, visited Brest in February 1914 and ports in Russia during June.
caption: Princess Royal and the Russian cruiser Admiral Makarov at Kronstadt, June 1914
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