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Monday, 12 June 2023

British battleship HMS Thunderer arrived at home according to the Weekly Intelligence Summary No. 32 for the week ending13 August 1921

HMS Thunderer

Orion-class

An item reported the arrival of the British battleship HMS Thunder at Portsmouth, England.(1)

Note

1. Building by Thames Ironworks and Shipbuilding Company at the mouth of the Bow Creek on the west side at Canning Town ordered in 1909, laid down on 13 April 1910, launched on 1 February 1911, commissioned in May a year later and decommissioned in 1921 to became a year later a seagoing training ship fo cadets and finally paid off in November 1926 in December 1926 and grounded off Blythe on her last voyage to the scrap yard. Part of the Orion-class, preceded by Colossus-class and succeeded by King George V-class.

Source

The National Archives, Kew Gardens, England CAB-24-127-36

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