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Friday 9 September 2022

British battleship HMS Iron Duke temporarily at home according to the Weekly Intelligence Summary No. 9 dated 5 March 1921


An item reported that the British battleship HMS Iron Duke arrived on 2 March at Portsmouth, England returning from the Mediterranean. On 14 March she was to leave Portsmouth again towards Gibraltar and Malta.(1)

Note

1. Of the Iron Duke-class consisting of the Iron Duke, Marlborough, Benbow and Emperor of India. Preceded by the King George V-class and succeeded by the Queen Elizabeth-class. Laid down at the Portsmouth Dockyard on 12 January 1912, launched on 12 October 1912, completed in March 1914, removed from active service becoming a training ship in 1929, depot ship at Scapa Flow since 1939, damaged during an German air attack on 17 October 1939, after repairs beached still in service, sold to the Metal Industries be broken up in 1946. Resold in September 1948 brought towards Glasgow, Scotland and arrived there on 30 November 1948.

Source

The National Archives, Kew Gardens, England for the week ending 5-3-1921, CAB-24-120-8


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