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Friday, 28 December 2018

British battleship HMS Repulse 1890-1911

Opening Kiel Canal, Kiel, Germany, June 1895

Of the Royal Sovereign-class, preceded by the Trafalgar-class and succeeded by the Centurion-class, consisting of the Royal Sovereign, Empress of India, Repulse, Hood, Ramillies, Resolution, Revenge and Royal Oak. Laid down at the Pembroke Dockyard, England on 1 January 1890, launched on 27 February 1892, completed on 21 April 1894, commissioned on 25 April 1894, decommissioned in February 1911 and sold to be broken up on 11 July 1911.