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ROYAL NAVY BELLEROPHON CLASS BATTLESHIP HMS SUPERB For Sale
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ROYAL NAVY BELLEROPHON CLASS BATTLESHIP HMS SUPERB:
$2.58
HMS SUPERB
Superbwas ordered on 26 December 1906 and laid down on 6February 1907.She was commissioned at Portsmouth on 29 May 1909 into thefirst division of the Grand Fleet.
She undertook normalpeacetime exercises with other units of the fleet, and on 24 June 1911 waspresent at the Coronation fleet review. On 1 May the first division became theFirst Battle Squadron. She continued routine peacetime activity until 29 July1914 when the Grand Fleet relocated to its war base at Scapa Flow. On 10November 1915Superbwas transferred to the 4th BattleSquadron, which changed her place in the command structure but not hergeographical location.
At the Battle ofJutlandon 31 May 1916,Superbwas the flagship of thefourth battle squadron, flying the flag of Rear-Admiral AlexanderDuff.She received no hits and sustained no casualties. She saw no otheractive service during WWI; routine exercises continued until 1918. In October1918 she was sent to reinforce the British Eastern Mediterranean Squadron, andin November, as the flagship of Vice-Admiral Gough-Calthorpe, led a combinedFranco-British force through the Dardanelles to Constantinopleafter thesigning by Turkey of the armistice at the conclusion of the war.
In April 1919 she wasrelieved and sailed for England, and on 26 April 1919 was reduced to reservestatus. In May 1922 she was used as a gunnery target, and later in the year asa target for aerial attack. In December 1922 she was sold and broken up.
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