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Sunday 5 November 2017

British battleship HMS Hercules arrived at Wilhelmshaven, germany according to the Dutch newspaper De tribune dated 10 December 1918

Colossus-class

An item referred to the Daily Mail reporting the arrival on Thursday evening by the British battleship Hercules in the roads outside Wilhelmshaven, Germany. On board was the allied maritime commission.(1)

Note
1. Part of the Colossus-class consisting of the Colossus and the Hercules, preceded by the Neptune-class and succeeded by the Orion-class. Laid down at Palmers, Jarrow, England on 30 July 1909, launched on 10 May 1910, commissioned on 31 July 1911, part of the reserve since February 1919, sold to a German shipbreaker on 8 November 1921 and broken up at Kiel, Germany in 1922.