St. Vincent Class Battleships Class Overview |
Name |
Builder |
Launched |
Commissioned |
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Portsmouth Dockyard Portsmouth, England |
Sept. 10, 1908 |
May 3, 1909 |
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Fate |
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Sold for scrap Dec. 1, 1921 to Stanlee Shipbreaking & Salvage Company Ltd.,
Dover, England. Towed to Dover in Mar. 1922. |
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Name |
Builder |
Launched |
Commissioned |
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Devonport Dockyard Plymouth, England |
Nov. 7, 1908 |
Apr. 19, 1910 |
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Fate |
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Sold to Cashmore Dec. 1922 and scrapped.
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Name |
Builder |
Launched |
Commissioned |
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Vickers, Sons & Maxim Ltd. Barrow-in-Furness, England |
Feb. 22, 1909 |
Mar. 1, 1910 |
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Fate |
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Sunk by internal explosion July 9, 1917.
Location: Scapa Flow, Orkney Islands. (58.51.400N - 03.06.405W) Over 800 crewmen killed (estimates range from 805 to 843), 2 survivors. (Three men survived the disaster, but one died of his wounds.) |