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The two '''[[Lion-class battlecruiser|''Lion''-class battlecruisers]]''' were built for the Royal Navy before World War I. {{HMS|Lion|1910|2}} served as the flagship of the British Grand Fleet's battlecruisers throughout the war, and {{HMS|Princess Royal|1911|2}} became the flagship of the 1st Battlecruiser Squadron in 1915. The two ships were a significant improvement over their predecessors in terms of speed, armament and armour. They both participated in the Battle of Heligoland Bight in 1914, where ''Lion'' sank the German light cruiser {{SMS|Cöln|1909|2}}. In the Battle of Dogger Bank in 1915, ''Lion'' was badly damaged and {{HMS|Princess Royal|1911|2}} scored several hits, one crippling the German armoured cruiser {{SMS|Blücher||2}}, which allowed the enemy vessel to be caught and sunk. At the Battle of Jutland in 1916, ''Lion'' suffered a serious cordite fire that could have destroyed the ship, and ''Princess Royal'' was moderately damaged. In 1920 they were both put into reserve, and were sold a few years later for scrap. {{TFAFULL|Lion-class battlecruiser}}

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