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Friday 5 July 2019

British battleship HMS Ramillies stranded off Malta according to the Dutch newspaper Rotterdamsch nieuwsblad dated Thursday 16 January 1930

Revenge-class

An item reported that the British battleship HMS Ramillies on last Wednesday grounded on the rocks of Malta and was in real danger until she was refloated.(1)

Note
1. Part of the Revenge-class although often referred to as the Royal Sovereign-class or even ‘R‘-class. There were totally 8 ships planned of which two the Renown and Repulse were built using another design as battle cruisers and the third one the Resistance was cancelled. The 5 sister ships were the Royal Oak, Royal Sovereign, Revenge, Ramillies and Resolution. Preceded by the Queen Elisabeth-class and to be succeeded by the planned but never realized N3 class and the realized Nelson-class. Laid down at William Beardmore and Company, Dalmuir, Scotland on 12 November 1913, launched on 12 June 1916, commissioned on 1 September 1917 and broken up at Troon, England in 1949.