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HMS Vanguard Laid Down : 2nd October 1941 Launched : 30th November 1944 Completed : 9th August 1946 Type : Battleship Class : Vanguard Builder : John Brown Country : UK Sequence : This is the 9th ship with this name. Pennants : 23, I23 Fate : Scrapped at Faslane 9th August 1960. | |
HMS Vanguard was the last of the great Royal navy battleships, built at Clydebank, she was launched on the 30th November 1944, and did not see service during world War Two, She was the biggest British battleship with a displacement of 42.500 tons. she carried 8 15-inch guns and a secondary armament of 16 x 5.25 inch guns and 71 AA Guns, her compliment was 1600. On the 4th August 1960, while beginning to be towed from Portsmouth to Faslane for scrapping, the great battleship ran aground at the entrance to the harbour. She finally was scrapped just 15 miles from where she was built at Faslane, 9th August 1960. |
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HMS Vanguard, June 1953. | HMS Vanguard, September 1958. | HMS Vanguard. | HMS Vanguard. |
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HMS Vanguard Artwork Collection |
HMS Vanguard by Ivan Berryman. | HMS Vanguard 1944 - 1960 by Neil McCart | HMS Vanguard, Away the Vanguard by Randall Wilson. |
HMS Vanguard and HMS Indefatigable by Ivan Berryman |
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Last edited : 16:48, October 12, 2012
By : DataStream
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