HMS Triumph
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Libertad
was a Swiftsure class dreadnought battleship ordered
by the Chilean Navy in 1901, but was purchased under
construction by Royal Navy and renamed to HMS Triumph. She
was launched in February 1902, and was commissioned one
year later. She served in several fleets both in English
waters and the Mediterranean, before she was assigned to
the China Station. After the outbreak of The Great War in
August 1914, she took part in the hunt for the German
Asian cruiser fleet and in the assault on the German
colony of Tsingtao in China. She set sail for
Mediterranean 12. January 1915 to participate in the
Entente operations at the Dardanelles in Turkey. A few
months later while she bombarded Ottoman forts 25. May
1915, she was torpedoed by the German submarine U-21
outside Gaba Tepe. 78 men lost their lives in the sinking.
The wreck rest today on a depth of 56 to 72 meter outside
Cape Helles.
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 Picture: HMS Triumph in 1903 Courtesy of , Public domain Last updated: March 2011 |
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