 The Lions were significantly larger than their predecessors of the Indefatigable class . They had an overall length of 700 feet ( 213 @.@ 4 m ) , a beam of 88 feet 6 @.@ 75 inches ( 27 @.@ 0 m ) , and a draught of 32 feet 5 inches ( 9 @.@ 9 m ) at deep load . They displaced 26 @,@ 270 long tons ( 26 @,@ 690 t ) at load and 30 @,@ 820 long tons ( 31 @,@ 310 t ) at deep load , over 8 @,@ 000 long tons ( 8 @,@ 100 t ) more than the earlier ships . They had a metacentric height of 6 feet ( 1 @.@ 8 m ) at deep load . 
