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HMS Hercules |
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HMS Hercules Laid Down : 30th July 1909 Launched : 10th May 1910 Completed : 31st July 1911 Type : Battleship Class : Colossus Builder : Palmer Country : UK Sequence : This is the 4th ship with this name. Pennants : Fate : Sold for scrap 8th November 1921 |
| HMS Hercules was built by Palmers and launched on the 10th of May 1910 and commissioned into the Royal Navy on the 31st of July 1911 at Portsmouth. She was the Flagship for the 2nd Division Home Fleet. and between July 1912 to March 1913 she was Flagship for the 2nd battle Squadron. On the 22nd march 1913 she collided with a steamer. In August 1914 she joined the Grand Fleet and fought with the 6th Division at the Battle of Jutland. It was HMS Hercules which brought the Allied Armistice Commission to Kiel on December 3rd 1918. A few months later she was placed in reserve fleet on February 1919 eventually being scrapped at Kiel from 1922. Displacement: 20,600 tons. Speed: 21 knots. Armament: Ten 12 inch guns in pairs, twenty 4 inch guns, four 3pdr guns, three 21 inch guns and 2 torpedo tubes. Compliment: 755. |
HMS Hercules Photos for Sale |
  HMS Hercules with some Destroyers, 1918. |   HMS Hercules. |   HMS Hercules. |
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10th May 1910 - Launched 10th May 1910 - Pennant Number 49 9th July 1912 - Spithead Review 30th June 1914 - Arrived Brighton 3rd July 1914 - Arrived Eastbourne 6th July 1914 - Arrived Deal 10th July 1914 - Arrived Folkestone 14th July 1914 - Arrived Weymouth 31st May 1916 - Capt. Clinton-Baker in Command 31st May 1916 - Took part in the Battle of Jutland July 1916 - 1st Battle Squadron in Home Waters November 1921 - Broken Up | |||
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