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After the battle she participated in North Sea sweeps with the rest of the Grand Fleet, spending the rest of her time in the anchorage at Scapa Flow. On 15 August, 1916 she was joined by an observer from the Imperial Japanese Navy, Commander Kyosuke Eto, a decorated gunnery officer. | After the battle she participated in North Sea sweeps with the rest of the Grand Fleet, spending the rest of her time in the anchorage at Scapa Flow. On 15 August, 1916 she was joined by an observer from the Imperial Japanese Navy, Commander Kyosuke Eto, a decorated gunnery officer. | ||
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Revision as of 09:33, 15 January 2008
| HMS Vanguard | |
| Career | Details |
|---|---|
| Pendant Number: | 39 (September, 1915) |
| Builder: | Vickers, Barrow-in-Furness |
| Ordered: | 1907 |
| Laid down: | 2 April, 1908 |
| Launched: | 22 February, 1909 |
| Commissioned: | 1 March, 1910 |
| Lost: | 9 July, 1917 |
| Fate: | Sunk by internal explosion |
| General Characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 19,500 tons (normal) 21,060 (normal, 1917) |
| Length: | 500 feet |
| Beam: | 84 feet |
| Draught: | 28 feet 7 inches |
| Propulsion: | 2 Screw Parsons Turbines, 24,500 shp. 18 Babcock boilers |
| Speed: | 21 knots |
| Range: | 6,900 miles at 10 knots |
| Complement: | 758 |
| Armament: |
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HMS Vanguard (ex-Rodney) was a St. Vincent class dreadnought, built at Vickers in Barrow-in-Furness. Laid down in mid-1908, she completed in early 1910, joining the 1st Battle Squadron. She would serve with this squadron until April, 1916. At the outbreak of war, two 4" turrets on A turret were removed. On 1 September, 1914 she fired on a suspected enemy submarine at Scapa Flow in a case of friendly fire.
On 22 January, 1916 Captain James J. Dick (late of HMS Black Prince) became captain of Vanguard. At the Battle of Jutland she sailed in the 4th Division of the 4th Battle Squadron in company with the C-in-C, Admiral Sir John Jellicoe and Vice-Admiral Sir Doveton Sturdee. She fired eighty 12" rounds without suffering damage.
After the battle she participated in North Sea sweeps with the rest of the Grand Fleet, spending the rest of her time in the anchorage at Scapa Flow. On 15 August, 1916 she was joined by an observer from the Imperial Japanese Navy, Commander Kyosuke Eto, a decorated gunnery officer.
Gunnery Officer: Lieutenant-Commander Wilfred Neville Custance, 1913-1917
