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Thursday 25 November 2021

British battleship HMS Monarch visited Gibraltar and Malta according to the Secret Admiralty Weekly Intelligence Summary Nr. 29 for the week ending 23 July 1921


An item reported the departure of the British battleship HMS Monarch on 22 July from Portsmouth, England bound for a visit at Gibraltar between 26-27 July and 9-10 August, Malta between 30 July-6 August, Devonport on 14 August returning at Portsmouth on 15 August.(1)

Note

1. Of the Orion-class dreadnoughts, preceded by Colossus-class, succeeded by King George V-class, laid down by Armstrong Whitworth, Elswick, England on 1 April 1910, launched on 30 March 1911, commissioned on 27 April 1912, decommissioned on 5 May 1822, stricken on October 1923 and sunk when used as a target on 21 January 1925.

Source

The National Archives CAB-24-126-68. Secret Admiralty Weekly Intelligence Summary Nr. 29 for the week ending 23 July 1921.

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