HMS St. Vincent

The Ship


Sold for Scrap 1 December 1921


THE BATTLESHIP HMS ST.VINCENT.

HMS ST. VINCENT. Built at Portsmouth Dockyard and launched 10th September 1908, being commissioned into the Royal Navy on the 3rd May 1909. She took part in The Battle of Jutland during World War One and after the war, she was used as a training ship. She was finally removed from service 1921 and sold for scrap on 1st December 1921.

Displacement: 19,560 tons. Speed: 21 knots. Armament: Ten 12 inch guns in pairs, twenty 4 inch quick firing guns, four 3pdr guns, three 18 inch torpedo tubes. Compliment: 718.

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