HMS Indefatigable was the lead ship of her class of three battlecruisers built for the Royal Navy during the first decade of the 20th Century. When the...
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1913. HMS Indefatigable (1909) was an Indefatigable-class battlecruiser, launched in 1909 and sunk at the Battle of Jutland in 1916. HMS Indefatigable (R10)...
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The Indefatigable class were the second class built of British battlecruisers which served in the Royal Navy and the Royal Australian Navy during World...
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for a 4-knot speed advantage. Originally Indefatigable was the only ship of the class, but HMAS Australia and HMS New Zealand were later built as part of...
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HMS Warrior was a Warrior-class armoured cruiser built for the Royal Navy in the first decade of the 20th century. She was stationed in the Mediterranean...
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HMS Invincible was the lead ship of her class of three battlecruisers built for the Royal Navy during the first decade of the twentieth century and the...
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forced the Navy to cut short her refit. Indomitable, accompanied by HMS Indefatigable, under the command of Admiral Sir Archibald Berkeley Milne encountered...
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HMS Inflexible was one of three Invincible-class battlecruisers built for the Royal Navy before World War I and had an active career during the war. She...
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in the Battle of Jutland, serving as Lieutenant-Commander aboard HMS Indefatigable. He is remembered on panel 10 at the Plymouth Naval Memorial. John...
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HMS Gloucester was a Town-class light cruiser built for the Royal Navy in the first decade of the 20th century. The ship was initially assigned to the...
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HMAS Australia (1911) (category Indefatigable-class battlecruisers of the Royal Australian Navy)
one of three Indefatigable-class battlecruisers built for the defence of the British Empire. Ordered by the Australian government in 1909, she was launched...
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They were significant improvements over their predecessors of the Indefatigable class in terms of speed, armament and armour. This was in response to...
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HMS New Zealand was one of three Indefatigable-class battlecruisers. Launched in 1911, the ship was funded by the government of New Zealand as a gift to...
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SS Avila (1926) HMS Avon Vale (L06) HMS Bacchante (1901) HMS Barham (04) HMS Barrosa (D68) PS Barry (1907) HMS Basilisk (H11) SS Bata (1919) HMS Beagle (1909) HMS Beagle (H30)...
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HMS Illustrious was the lead ship of her class of aircraft carriers built for the Royal Navy before World War II. Her first assignment after completion...
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HMS Defence was a Minotaur-class armoured cruiser built for the Royal Navy in the first decade of the 20th century, the last armoured cruiser built for...
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laid down 1907 HMS Neptune, laid down 1909 Colossus-class battleships, laid down 1909 Indefatigable-class battlecruisers, laid down 1909 Orion-class battleships...
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Bellerophon-class battleships, laid down 1906, completed 1909 Indefatigable-class battlecruisers, laid down 1909, completed 1911–1913 From 1917 several Mk X guns...
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SMS Von der Tann (category 1909 ships)
Battle of Jutland, where she destroyed the British battlecruiser HMS Indefatigable in the opening minutes of the engagement. Von der Tann was hit several...
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the Royal Naval Barracks, Chatham. He returned to Australia in 1909 in command of HMS Prometheus (1898), a Pelorus-class protected cruiser. Much of the...
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for funding the construction of the battlecruiser HMS New Zealand for the Royal Navy. In March 1909 the government of New Zealand offered to fund the...
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killed everyone in the chambers outside "Q" magazine. Lion was saved. HMS Indefatigable was not so lucky; at 16:02, just 14 minutes into the gunnery exchange...
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cruisers London, HMS Sussex; destroyers HMS Cossack, HMS Comus; Concord, Consort, HMS Constance; frigates HMS Alacrity, Ametheyst, HMS Hart and HMS Black Swan;...
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notable and world-famous ships including RMS Lusitania, RMS Aquitania, HMS Hood, HMS Repulse, RMS Queen Mary, RMS Queen Elizabeth and Queen Elizabeth 2....
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significantly improved on the speed, armament, and armour of the preceding Indefatigable class. The ship was named after Louise, The Princess Royal, a title...
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SMS Deutschland (1904) (section 1909–1914)
an artillery duel that resulted the destruction of HMS Indefatigable, shortly after 17:00, and HMS Queen Mary, less than half an hour later. By this time...
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despatch vessel HMS Surprise in the Mediterranean Fleet in late 1896. He went on to be First Lieutenant in the cruiser HMS Indefatigable on the North America...
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headed for Messina. The Germans encountered the British battlecruisers HMS Indefatigable and Indomitable, but Germany was not yet at war with Britain and neither...
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songwriter Cyril Tawney, while serving in the Royal Navy aboard the HMS Indefatigable, found the song in the Lomaxes' book American Ballads and Folk Songs...
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had sponsored the construction of the world's first "all-big-gun" warship, HMS Dreadnought. He visualised a new breed of warship, somewhere between the...
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