HMS Mars
The Ship
Sold for Scrap 1921 |
HMS Mars of the Majestic Class battleships. Mars served with the Channel Fleet in the winter of 1906 and again in 1907. At the outbreak of WW1 she served with the 4th Division of the Home Fleet. Mars then served as a guardship in the Humber in August 1914. With her turrets removed at Belfast she became a transport ship and covered the evacuations of Anzac and Cape Helles in January 1916. HMS Mars was finally sold for breaking May 1921. |
My Postcards
Postally used 28 Apr 1909. |
Postally used 28 June 1907 |
Postally used 12 Sep 1905. |