Shipwrecks of Scotland

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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 24. Chapters: Battle of May Island, El Gran Grifon, English ship Swan (1641), Flying Phantom, HMS Dartmouth (1655), HMS Dasher (D37), HMS Goldfinch (1910), HMS King Edward VII, HMS Port Napier, HMS Untamed (P58), HMS Vandal (P64), MV Craigantlet, MV Sound of Gigha, Orion (paddle steamer), Paisley canal disaster, RFA Maine (1887), River Dee Ferry Boat Disaster, RMS Oceanic (1899), San Juan de Silicia, SS Daphne (1883), SS Desabla, SS Empire Conveyor, SS Hispania (1912), SS Seniority, SS St. Sunniva, SS Thesis, SS Ypiranga. Excerpt: HMS King Edward VII, named after King Edward VII, was the lead ship of her class of Royal Navy pre-dreadnought battleships. She was commissioned in 1905, and entered service with the Atlantic Fleet as Flagship, Commander-in-chief (by request of the King, she was always to serve as a Flagship). Rendered obsolete in 1906 with the commissioning of the revolutionary Dreadnought, she underwent a refit in 1907, following which she was assigned to the Channel Fleet and then to the Home Fleet. In 1912, she, together with her class sister ships, formed the 3rd Battle Squadron. During the early phase of World War I, the 3rd Battle Squadron was attached to the Grand Fleet and served on the Northern Patrol. In January 1916 she struck a mine while in transit to a scheduled refit at Belfast and sank. All but one of her crew were safely evacuated. HMS King Edward VII was laid down at Devonport Dockyard on 8 March 1902. She was launched by King Edward VII on 23 July 1903, and completed in February 1905. Although King Edward VII and her seven sister ships of the King Edward VII-class were a direct descendant of the Majestic-class; they were also the first class to make a significant departure from the Majestic design, displacing about 1,000 long tons (1,000 t) more and mounting for the first time an intermediate...

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