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Tuesday 5 September 2017

British battleship HMS Trafalgar involved in accident according to the Dutch newspaper Bataviaasch Nieuwsblad dated 10 April 1907

Trafalgar-class

An item dated London, England 9th reported that the accident with the British battleship HMS Trafalgar was caused by misunderstanding in the engine room of a signal give from the bridge.(1)

Note
1. Of the Trafalgar-class with as sister ship Nile. Preceded by the Admiral and Victoria-classes and succeeded by the HMS Hood and the Royal Sovereign and Centurion-classes. Laid down at the Portsmouth Dockyard on 18 January 1886, launched on 20 September 1887, commissioned on 2 April 1890, port guard ship at Portsmouth 1897-1902, training ship for gun turret crews and submerged torpedo tubes handling and finally sold to be broken up on 9 April 1912.