HMS Marlborough
Iron Duke-class
An item dated London, England 21st reported that the British battleship HMS Marlborough (1) departed a day earlier while towed by a tug towards Rosyth to be there broken up. She was the last remaining ship of the Iron Duke-class and stricken due to the London Naval Treaty (2). At the battle of Jutland where she the flagship was of late admiral sir Cecil Burney was she the only ship damaged by a torpedo. She was lately used for experimental purposes.
Notes
1. Laid down at the Devonport Dockyard on 25 January 1912, launched on 24 October 1912, completed and commissioned in June 1914, removed from active service in 1929, for disposal since May 1932, sold to the Alloa Shipbreaking Company to be broken up in 1932 and arrived for this purpose at Rosyth, Scotland on 25 June 1932.Of the Iron Duke-class consisting of the Iron Duke, Marlborough, Benbow and Emperor of India. Preceded by the King George V-class and succeeded by the Queen Elizabeth-class.
2. Also known as the Treaty for the Limitation and Reduction of Naval Armament, signed between Japan, France, Italy, England and the United States signed on 22 April 1930
3. Sir Cecil Burney, 1st Baronet, (15 May 1858 Saint Saviour, jersey-5 June 1929 Upham, Hampshire, England), served in the Royal British Navy between 1871-1925.
