HMS Vanguard (1909) |
Type: |
Battleship |
Class: |
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Builder: |
Vickers, Sons & Maxim Ltd. Barrow-in-Furness, England |
Pennant Number: |
N/A |
Ordered: |
1907 |
Launched: |
February 22, 1909 |
Keel Laid: |
April 2, 1908 |
Commissioned: |
March 1, 1910 |
Fate: |
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.) |
Builder's Data |
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Page published Mar. 11, 2008 |