Mary Evans H.M.S Neptune ready to be lauched 1909 11072280

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Picture No	11072280
Date	1909
Description	H.M.S Neptune ready to be lauched 1909
Details	H.M.S Neptune, the first of the Royal Navy super-Dreadnought battleships, photograph showing her in stocks ready for launching at Portsmouth Royal Dockyard. She was relieved as fleet flagship in 1914 and joined the First Battle Squadron. At the outbreak of World War One, the First Fleet became the Grand Fleet, Neptune and was present at the Battle of Jutland in 1916. After the war she was quickly transferred to the reserve fleet and subsequently sold for scrap in 1922.
Source	Photograph by Reginald Silk in 'The Throne and Country', 2 October 1909, page 13
Credit	Mary Evans Picture Library
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