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HMS Irresistible |
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HMS Irresistible Laid Down : 11th April 1898 Launched : 15th December 1898 Completed : October 1901 Type : Battleship Class : Formidable Builder : Chatham Country : UK Pennants : Fate : Sunk 18th March 1915. |
| The first vessel to be sent to Gibraltar as a guardship was the Devastation, but her place was to be taken by Irresistible, one of the London class battleships, in 1902. She was an exceedingly powerful vessel, and the Commander-in-Chief in the Mediterranean would not allow her to remain at the Rock in idleness, but utilised her as an addition to his squadron. The picture shows the Irresistible leaving Portsmouth Harbour, and allows a contrast between her look of stern fighting power with the old time veterans the St Vincent and the Victory and a smart little brig the Martin. Armament: four 12inch guns, twelve 6 inch guns, sixteen 12 pdr guns, two 12 pdr guns, six 3 pdr guns, 2 maxims and four torpedo tubes. Displacement: 15,000 tons. Speed: 18 knots. Complement: 780 (flagship 810). |
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  HMS Irresistible, 1902. |   HMS Irresistible |
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15th December 1898 - Launched December 1902 - Mediterranean Fleet 1903 - Mediterranean and Red Sea Fleet 5th August 1903 - On Fleet Maneouvres 5th August 1903 - Commenced Fleet Maneouvres 13th October 1903 - Sailed Malta for Corfu 1904 - Mediterranean and Red Sea Fleet 30th October 1904 - Sailed Malta for Gibraltar 1st November 1904 - Arrived Palma 15th December 1904 - Capt. S.H. Carden in Command 15th December 1904 - Arrived Malta 1905 - Mediterranean Fleet 1906 - Mediterranean Fleet June 1906 - Mediterranean Fleet 1907 - Mediterranean Fleet 1908 - Mediterranean Fleet 4th May 1908 - Collided with Schooner October 1908 - Commenced refit at Malta 1909 - Channel Fleet April 1909 - 1st Battle Squadron, 1st Division, Home Fleet April 1909 - Completed refit at Malta 12th June 1909 - Fleet Review at Spithead 14th November 1909 - At Spithead for the arival of the King of Portugal 23rd June 1911 - At Spithead for Fleet Review 3rd February 1912 - At Spithead for the arrival of the King and Queen 9th July 1912 - Spithead Review 28th February 1913 - Arrived Bantry Bay 4th March 1913 - Sailed Bantry Bay 6th March 1913 - Arrived Bantry Bay 7th March 1913 - Sailed Bantry Bay 19th March 1913 - Arrived Portsmouth 8th August 1914 - 5th Battle Squadron in Home Waters 28th February 1915 - Sailed Port Said for Tenedos March 1915 - At Gallipoli 2nd March 1915 - Capt. Dent in Command 8th March 1915 - Entered Straights of Gallipoli 8th March 1915 - Struck by mine 8th March 1915 - Entered the straits of Gallipoli 18th March 1915 - Mined and sunk 18th March 1915 - Mined 18th March 1915 - Sunk at the Dardanelles by mines | |||
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