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McCartney, Innes (December 2013). "Jutland 1916: The Archaeology of a Modern Naval Battle: The Wreck of HMS Invincible, The World's First Battle Cruiser" [Deutsche Gesellschaft zur Förderung der Unterwasserarchäologie]. SKYLLIS, the Journal of the German Society for the Promotion of Underwater Archaeology. 12 (2). OCLC 786134501.
The three Invincible-class battlecruisers were built for the Royal Navy and entered service in 1908 as the world's first battlecruisers. [1] They were the brainchild of Admiral Sir John ("Jacky") Fisher, the man who had sponsored the construction of the world's first "all-big-gun" warship, HMS Dreadnought.
HMS Invincible (1869) was an armoured "broadside battleship" built in 1869. She was renamed Erebus in 1904 and Fisgard II in 1906, before foundering in a storm in 1914. HMS Invincible (1907) was a battlecruiser of the First World War attached to the 1st Cruiser Squadron, Home Fleet at the end of 1908.
The majority of British loss of life came from Vice-Admiral Sir David Beatty's battlecruiser force, which lost Queen Mary and Indefatigable in the opening minutes, and Invincible two hours later, with a total of 3,309 lives lost.
HMS Inflexible about 1909. The Invincible-class ships were the first battlecruisers [Note 1] in the world. The design resembled that of HMS Dreadnought, but sacrificed armour protection and one gun turret from the main battery for a 4-knot (7.4 km/h; 4.6 mph) speed advantage.
Pages in category "Invincible-class battlecruisers" The following 5 pages are in this category, out of 5 total. ... HMS Inflexible (1907) HMS Invincible (1907) ...
HMS Invincible – a British battlecruiser that exploded and sank in the Battle of Jutland on 31 May. 1,026 men were lost; six survived. 1,026 Navy 1916 United Kingdom: HMS Indefatigable – Battlecruiser, she sank in the Battle of Jutland on 31 May, killing 1,015 men. There were two survivors. 1,015 Navy 1916 France
HMS Invincible Royal Navy: 31 May 1916 An Invincible-class battlecruiser that was sunk in the Battle of Jutland. The site is a protected place: Kolding cog: Unknown Unknown A wreck discovered in Kolding Fjord, thought to date from around 1190.