HMS ST VINCENT. Vincent was the lead ship of the St. Vincent class battleships of the British Royal Navy.
She was commissioned on 3 May 1910 as 2nd flagship of 1st Division Home Fleet at Portsmouth. She was commanded by Capt. Douglas R. L. Nicholson and was flagship of Rear-Admiral Richard H. Peirse, M.V.O., Home Fleet, at the Coronation Spithead Review of 24 June 1911.
In April 1914, she became flagship of the Second-in-Command, 1st Battle Squadron Home Fleet, which she remained until November 1915, when she became a private ship. She was in the 5th Division of the battlefleet at the Battle of Jutland, 20th in the line of battle, and engaged a German battleship believed to have been of the König class.
In June 1916, she was transferred to the 4th Battle Squadron. In March 1919, she was reduced to reserve and became a gunnery training ship, which she remained until placed on the Disposal list in March 1921. She was sold for scrap to Stanlee of Dover, Kent, on 1 December 1921.
Name: HMS ST VINCENT
Ordered: 1907
Built by Portsmouth Dockyard
Laid down: 30 December 1907
Launched: 10 September 1908
Commissioned: 3 May 1910
Decommissioned: March 1921
Fate: Sold for scrap, 1 December 1921
Class and type: St. Vincent class
Type: Dreadnought battleship
Displacement: 19,488 tons
Length: 536 ft (163 m)
Beam: 84 ft (26 m)
Draught: 28 ft 11 in (9 m)
Propulsion: 4 shaft Parsons turbines; 24,500 shp (18,270 kW)
Speed: 21 knots (39 km/h)
Range: 4,690 nautical miles (8,690 km) at 10 knots (19 km/h) (coal only)
Complement: 756
Armament: 10 × BL 12-inch (304.8 mm) /50 cal MK XI guns (5×2)
20 × BL 4-inch (101.6 mm) Mk VII guns (20×1)
4 × 3 pounder guns (4×1)
3 × 18 inch torpedo tubes
Delandre label.
Source: Wikipedia
Peter Crichton
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