Swiftsure Class Battleships Class Overview |
Name |
Builder |
Launched |
Commissioned |
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Armstrong Elswick Works Ltd. Newcastle-on-Tyne, England |
Jan. 13, 1903 |
June 1904 |
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Fate |
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Sold June 18, 1920 to Stanlee Shipbreaking and Salvage Company,
Dover, England and scrapped. |
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Name |
Builder |
Launched |
Commissioned |
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Vickers Ltd. Barrow-in-Furness, England |
Jan. 15, 1903 |
June 1904 |
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Fate |
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Sunk May 25, 1915 by U-21 (torpedo).
Location: Aegean Sea off Cape Helles, Gallipoli Peninsula, Turkey. 55 crewmen killed, 627 survivors. |
Page published Dec. 7, 2009 |