HMS Vanguard
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HMS
Vanguard was laid down at Vickers in 1908, and was
launched 22.April 1909. The year after she stood fully
equipped as a dreadnought in the St.Vincent class for
Royal Navy. She was assigned to Home Fleet in Scapa Flow
and participated at the Battle of Jutland in 1916, and
patrolled the English coastline and the North Sea. While
she laid at anchor in Scapa Flow 9.July 1917, the
ammunition storage on board suddenly exploded and she
immediately went down. Of the crew of 845 men only two men
survived the accident. After the Great War parts of her
got broken up and salvaged, and the whole mid section is
today flattened out. The remains of HMS Vanguard rest
today on a depth of 14 to 30 meter south of Barel of
Butter and is permanently marked with a buoy. The wreck
site is considered a war grave.
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| 58° 51′ 23.76″ N, 3° 6′ 22.32″ W ( Source: Wikipedia )  Picture: HMS Vanguard From "Disaster in Harbour, sinking of HMS Vanguard" Last updated: September 2019 |
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