HM Ships from As extracted from Jane's Fighting Ships for 1919

Index

Battleships & Battle-Cruisers
Cruisers
Monitors
Sloops
Minesweepers
Torpedo Gunboats
Flotilla Leaders & Destroyers
Torpedo Boats & PBs
Submarines
Auxiliaries & ML & CMBs

As extracted from Jane's Fighting Ships for 1919

13 Battleships

Index of British Ships Lost in the Great War and in the Events that followed in the Baltic

AUDACIOUS (1912). 23,000 tons. Guns: 10 x 13.5 in. 16 x 4 in. Mined off North coast of Ireland, 27th October, 1914. For appearance, see photo of KING GEORGE V, on page 54.

VANGUARD (1909.) 19,250 tons. Guns: 10 x 12 in., 50 cal.; 18 x 4 in. Destroyed by internal explosion, at Scapa Flow, 9th July, 1917. For appearance, see photo of ST. VINCENT, on page 58.

KING EDWARD VII (1903). 16,350 tons. Guns: 4 x 12 in. IX, 40 cal.; 4 x 9.2 in. X, 45 cal.; 10 x 6 in. VIII 45 cal.; 12 x 12 pdr., etc. Mined off N. Scottish coast, lat. 58.43 N. long. 4 12 W., 6th January, 1916.

BRITANNIA (1904). Sister to KING EDWARD VII, above. Torpedoed by a German Submarine off Cape Trafalgar, 9th November, 1918.

TRIUMPH (1903). 11,985 tons. Guns: 4 x 1O in., 45 cal.; 14 x 7.5 in. II, 50 cal.; 14 x 14 pdr., etc. Torpedoed by German Submarine U 51 off Gaba Tepe, Gallipoli peninsula, 25th May, 1915.

RUSSELL (1901). 14,000 tons. Guns : 4 x 12 in. IX, 40 cal.; 12 x 6 in. VII 45 cal.; 12 x 12 pdr., etc. Mined off Malta, 27th April, 1916.

CORNWALLIS (1901). Sister to RUSSELL, above. Torpedoed by German Submarine, 60 miles S.E. of Malta., 9th January, 1917.

BULWARK (1899). 15,000 tons. Guns: 4 x 12 in. 1X, 40 cal.; 12 x 6 in. VII, 45 Cal.; 18 x12 pdr., etc. Destroyed by internal explosion at Sheerness, 26th November, 1914.

FORMIDABLE (1898). Sister to BULWARK above. Torpedoed by German Submarine U 24, off Portland Bill, 1st January, 1915.

IRRESISTIBLE (1898). Sister to BULWARK above. Sunk by torpedo from White Cliffs, in the Dardanelles, 18th March, 1915.

OCEAN (1898). 12,950 tons. Guns : 4 x 12 in. VIII, 35 cal.; 12 x 6 in., 40 cal.; 12 x 12 pdr., etc. Sunk by torpedo, from White Cliffs, in the Dardanelles, 18th March, 1915.

GOLIATH (1898). Sister to OCEAN, above. Torpedoed by Turkish Destroyer MUAVENET-I-MILET off De Tott's Battery, in the Dardanelles, 13th May, 1915.

MAJESTIC (1895). 14,900 tons. Guns: 4 x 12 in; VIII, 35 cal.; 12 x 6 in; 40 cal.; 6 x 12 pdr., etc. Torpedoed by German Submarine U 23 off W. Beach, Gallipoli Peninsula, 27th May 1915.

3 BATTLE CRUISERS.

QUEEN MARY (1912). 27,000 tons. Guns: 8 x 13.5 in., 16 x 4 in. Blown up by gunfire of German Battle-Cruisers during Battle of Jutland, 31st May, 1916. For appearance, see photo of PRINCESS ROYAL, on page 65.

INDEFATIGABLE (1909). 18,750 tons. Guns: 8 x 12 in., 50 cal.; 16 x 4 in. Blown up by gunfire of German Battle-Cruisers, during-Battle of Jutland, 31st May, 1916. For appearance, see photo of NEW ZEALAND, on page 67.

INVINCIBLE (1907). 17,250 tons. Guns: 8 x 12 in. XI, 45 cal.; 16 x 4 in. Blown up by gunfire of German Battle-Cruisers during Battle of Jutland, 31st May, 1916. For appearance, see photo of INFLEXIBLE, on page 68.

Source: As extracted from Jane's Fighting Ships for 1919

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