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HMS Vanguard was a British fast battleship built during the Second World War and commissioned after the war ended. She was the largest and fastest of the Royal Navy's battleships, [3] and the only ship of her class. Vanguard was the last battleship to be built in history. [4]
Vanguard, 1910 History United Kingdom Name Vanguard Ordered 6 February 1908 Builder Vickers, Barrow-in-Furness Laid down 2 April 1908 Launched 22 February 1909 Commissioned 1 March 1910 Fate Sunk by internal explosion at Scapa Flow, 9 July 1917 Notes Protected war grave General characteristics (as built) Class and type St Vincent -class dreadnought battleship Displacement 19,700 long tons ...
[15] [14] The same oil sprayers and burners were used in HMS Vanguard along with other detail improvements so that Vanguard achieved a full-power specific fuel consumption of 0.63 lb per shp while using the same steam pressures and temperatures as used on the King George V class. [16] [17]
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HMS Vanguard (1678) was a 90-gun three-decker second-rate launched in 1678, sunk in 1703 but raised in 1704, rebuilt twice and renamed HMS Duke in 1728. She was broken up in 1769. HMS Vanguard (1748) was a 70-gun third rate launched in 1748 and sold in 1774. HMS Vanguard (1780) was a 4-gun gunvessel captured in 1780, purchased in 1781 and sold ...
On 9 July 1917, one of Vanguard ' s magazines exploded, killing 840 of her crew and two Australian sailors aboard HMAS Sydney. [50] After the war, St Vincent became a gunnery training ship March 1919, before being made the flagship of the Reserve Fleet in June. In December, she was relieved and then sold for scrap 1 December 1921. [49]
In March 1919, St Vincent was reduced to reserve and became a gunnery training ship at Portsmouth. She then became flagship of the Reserve Fleet in June and was relieved as gunnery training ship in December, when she was transferred to Rosyth. There she remained until listed for disposal in March 1921; she was sold for scrap on 1 December 1921 ...
The refit was completed in June 2004 and in October 2005, Vanguard completed her return to service trials (Demonstration and Shakedown Operations) with the firing of an unarmed Trident missile. During this refit, Vanguard was boarded by a pair of anti-nuclear protesters who spent half an hour on board before being challenged. They were charged ...