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Wednesday 10 May 2017

British battle cruiser HMS Indomitable to be broken up in England according to Dutch newspaper Nieuwe Rotterdamsche Courant dated 5 September 1922

Invincible-class

An item referred to the Times reporting that the large British battle cruiser HMS Indomitable was to be broken up in England and not in the Netherlands as earlier planned.(1)

Note
1. Of the Invincible-class consisting of the Invincible, Indomitable and Inflexible. Laid down at the shipyard of Fairfield, Govan, Scotland on 1 March 1906, launched on 16 March 1907, commissioned on 25 June 1908, added to the Reserve Fleet in 1919, paid off in March 1920 and sold to be broken up on 1 December 1921. Building costs 1.752.337 (with guns)-1.761.080 (without guns) pound sterling.