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Online Library of Selected Images:
-- SHIPS of the BRITISH NAVY --
HMS Vanguard (Battleship, 1910-1917)
HMS Vanguard, a 19,250-ton St. Vincent class
battleship built at Barrow-in-Furness, England, was placed in
commission at the beginning of March 1910. Assigned to the Home
Fleet during the next four years, upon the outbreak of World War
I in August 1914 she became part of the Grand Fleet and thereafter
operated in the North Sea. She participated in the Battle of Jutland,
at the end of May 1916, as part of the 4th Battle Squadron. While
anchored at Scapa Flow on 9 July 1917, HMS Vanguard was
destroyed by an accidental ammunition explosion, with the loss
of more than 800 lives.
This page features all the views we have concerning the
British battleship Vanguard of 1910.
Click on the small photograph to prompt
a larger view of the same image.
Photo #: NH 52618
HMS Vanguard (British Battleship, 1910)
In harbor, prior to World War I.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
Online Image: 50KB; 740 x 535 pixels |
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Photo #: NH 52619
HMS Vanguard (British Battleship, 1910)
Pre-World War I photograph of the ship's starboard side aft,
showing her after twin 12-inch gun turret, anti-torpedo net booms
and after boat boom.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
Online Image: 45KB; 740 x 415 pixels |
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Photo #: NH 2714
"Sunset and Sea Power in the North Sea, April 1915"
A panoramic photograph of battleships of the British Grand Fleet's
First Battle Squadron at sea, seen from the after deck of another
battleship.
In the group of seven ships visible from left to right center,
HMS Marlborough is second from the right. HMS Colossus
and HMS Hercules are 3rd & 4th from left. The other ships
are (in no order): HMS Superb, HMS St. Vincent,
HMS Collingwood and HMS Vanguard.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
Online Image: 59KB; 1200 x 365 pixels |
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Photo #: NH 52620
HMS Vanguard (British Battleship, 1910)
Afloat, immediately after her launching at the Vickers Barrow-in-Furness
shipyard, 22 February 1909.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
Online Image: 83KB; 740 x 570 pixels
Note: The bright vertical streak in the middle of
this image results from a fold in the original print. |
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