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Friday, 3 June 2022

British battleship HMS Malaya bound for the Mediterranean according to the Weekly Intelligence Summary No. 23 dated 11 December 1920

Original postcard

 Queen Elizabeth-class

An item reported the departure of British battleship HMS Malaya from Portsmouth, England towards Gibraltar and so on.

Note

1. The 01. Part of the Queen Elizabeth-class, preceded by Iron Duke-class, succeeded by Revenge-class, ordered in 1913, laid down by Armstrong Whitworth, South Tyneside, England on 20 October 1913, launched on 18 March 1915, commissioned on 1 February 1916, decommissioned in 1 December 1944, stricken on 12 April 1948 and sold to be broken up on 20 February 1948.

Source

The National Archives, Kew Gardens, England CAB/24/116/95

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