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Tuesday, 24 September 2024

British battleship HMS Vanguard 1941-1960

King George V-class. ©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

Vanguard. ©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

Pennant 23. Preceded by realized King George V-class and planned Lion-class. Building ordered on 14 March 1941, laid down by John Brown and Company, Clydebank, Scotland with yard number 567 on 2 October 1941, the proposed conversion into an aircraft carrier was rejected in 1942, launched on 30 November 1944, commissioned on 12 May 1946, decommissioned on 7 June 1960 and broken up the same year.

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