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British Battleships Major Actions and Losses |
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| Date | Action | Ships Involved | Losses |
| 06-Sep-1870 | Captain, capsized in storm. | ||
| 01-Sep-1875 | Vanguard, sank after collision. | ||
| 11-Jul-1882 | Bombardment of Alexandria. | Alexandra, Inflexible, Invincible, Monarch, Sultan, Superb. Temeraire. | |
| 22-Jan-1893 | Victoria, sank after collision. | ||
| 30-May-1906 | Montagu, total loss after grounding on Lundy Island. | ||
| 28-Aug-1914 | Heligoland Bight. | Invincible, Lion, New Zealand, Princess Royal, Queen Mary. | |
| 27-Oct-1914 | Audacious, mined. | ||
| 24-Nov-1914 | Bulwark, ammunition explosion. | ||
| 08-Dec-1914 | Falkland Islands. | Inflexible, Invincible, (Canopus). | |
| 01-Jan-1915 | Formidable, torpedoed. | ||
| 24-Jan-1915 | Dogger Bank. | Indomitable, Lion, New Zealand, Princess Royal, Tiger. | |
| 18-Mar-1915 | Dardanelles - first breakthrough attempt. | Many
ships took part in the Dardanelles campaign at various stages, including:
Agamemnon, Albion, Canopus, Goliath, Implacable, Irresistible, London, Lord Nelson, Majestic, Ocean, Prince George, Prince of Wales, Queen, Swiftsure, Triumph, Venerable, Vengeance. |
Irresistible, mined. Ocean, mined. |
| 13/27-May 1915 | Dardanelles - continuing operations. | Goliath,
torpedoed (13-May), Triumph, torpedoed (25-May), Majestic, torpedoed (27-May). |
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| 06-Jan-1916 | King Edward VII, mined. | ||
| 27-Apr-1916 | Russell, mined. | ||
| 31-May-1916 | Jutland. | Grand
Fleet and 2nd Battle Squadron: Agincourt, Ajax, Bellerophon, Benbow, Canada, Centurion, Collingwood, Colossus, Conqueror, Erin, Hercules, Iron Duke, King George V, Marlborough, Monarch, Neptune, Orion, Revenge, Royal Oak, St Vincent, Superb, Temeraire, Thunderer, Vanguard. |
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Battle Squadron: Barham, Malaya, Valiant, Warspite. |
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| Battlecruisers: Indefatigable, Indomitable, Inflexible, Invincible, Lion, New Zealand, Princes Royal, Queen Mary, Tiger. |
Indefatigable, Invincible, Queen Mary - by gunfire. | ||
| 09-Jan-1917 | Cornwallis, torpedoed. | ||
| 09-Jul-1917 | Vanguard, internal explosion. | ||
| 17-Nov-1917 | Off Heligoland. | Courageous, Glorious, Repulse. | |
| 09-Nov-1918 | Britannia, torpedoed. | ||
| 14-Oct-1939 | Royal Oak, torpedoed. | ||
| 13-Apr-1940 | Second Narvik. | Warspite. | |
| 03-Jul-1940 | Oran. | Hood, Resolution, Valiant. | |
| 09-Jul-1940 | Calabria. | Malaya, Royal Sovereign, Warspite. | |
| 23/25-Sep-1940 | Dakar. | Barham, Resolution. | |
| 27-Nov-1940 | Cape Teulada. | Ramillies, Renown. | |
| 09-Feb-1941 | Bombardment of Genoa/Leghorn. | Malaya, Renown. | |
| 28-Mar-1941 | Matapan. | Malaya, Valiant, Warspite. | |
| 21-Apr-1941 | Bombardment of Tripoli. | Barham, Malaya, Warspite. | |
| 18/27May-1941 | Hunt for Bismarck. | Hood, King George V, Prince of Wales, Ramillies, Renown, Repulse. | Hood, (19-May), by gunfire.) |
| 20/23-May-1941 | Crete. | Barham, Queen Elizabeth, Warspite. | |
| 24-Nov-1941 | Barham, torpedoed. | ||
| 10-Dec-1941 | Prince of Wales and Renown, sunk by Japanese aircraft. | ||
| 08-Nov-1942 | 'Operation Torch' - North Africa Landings. | Duke of York, Nelson, Renown, Rodney. | |
| 10-Jul-1943 | 'Operation Husky' - Sicily landings. | Howe, King George V, Nelson, Rodney, Valiant, Warspite. | |
| 09-Sep-1943 | Salerno landings. | Nelson, Rodney, Valiant, Warspite. | |
| 26-Dec-1943 | North Cape. | Duke of York. | |
| 06-Jun-1944 | 'Operation Overlord' - Normandy landings. | Nelson, Ramillies, Rodney, Warspite. | |
| 15-Aug-1944 | 'Operation Dragoon' - South of France landings. | Ramillies. | |
| 01-Apr-1945 | Okinawa landings. | Howe, King George V. | |
| 29-Jul-1945 | Bombardment of Tokyo. | King George V. | |
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