BySeaWaves Magazine Oct 28, 2026 By Alf BatchelderNaval Historical Society of Australia On 6 March 1948, the Melbourne Argus reported that…never before in modern times has the sea-going strength of the Royal Navy been so low. After recent scrappings, Britain possessed only five battleships, all of which were immobilized, though two were being used asContinue reading “HMS Vanguard”
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HMS Royal Sovereign(2300×1923) was a WW1 Royal Navy battleship that served in WW2. Because of her lack of speed and her age, she could not be a frontline battleship. But with eight 15in guns, she did make a powerful escort, and German raiders such as Scharnhorst would have been no match for her.
The Royal yatch Victoria and Albert III passing the battleships Ramilles, Royal Sovereign and Queen Elizabeth during King George V’s silver jubilee review of the fleet at Spithead, 1935.
The Royal yatch Victoria and Albert III passing the battleships Ramilles, Royal Sovereign and Queen Elizabeth during King George V’s silver jubilee review of the fleet at Spithead, 1935.
Hammerhead Sovereign – The Royal Navy R-class battleship HMS Royal Sovereign (05) in 1941 was a Great War-era bruiser who was having a very busy year.
Posted on August 21, 2026 by laststandonzombieisland The Royal Navy R-class battleship HMS Royal Sovereign (05) in 1941 was a Great War-era bruiser who was having a very busy year. With larger German surface raiders amok in the North Atlantic, she rode shotgun on Convoys SC 16, HX 103, TC 09, HX 113, HX 114, HX 116, HX 120, andContinue reading “Hammerhead Sovereign – The Royal Navy R-class battleship HMS Royal Sovereign (05) in 1941 was a Great War-era bruiser who was having a very busy year.”
HMS Vanguard (23) – HMS Vanguard was a British fast battleship built during the Second World War and commissioned after the war ended.
She was the largest and fastest of the Royal Navy‘s battleships,[3] and the only ship of her class. Vanguard was the last battleship in history to be built.[4] The Royal Navy anticipated being outnumbered by the combined German and Japanese battleships in the early 1940s, and had therefore started building the Lion-class battleships. However, the time-consuming construction of the triple-16-inch (406 mm) turrets for the Lion class wouldContinue reading “HMS Vanguard (23) – HMS Vanguard was a British fast battleship built during the Second World War and commissioned after the war ended.”
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