An item reported that that on 3 November the British battleship HMS Thunderer left Funchal, Madeira/Portugal arriving on 4 November at Santa Cruz, Tenerife, Canary Islands/Spain.(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 for 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-24-129-73
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