Friday, September 14, 2007

Minotaur Class, HMS Defence, Black Prince, Duke of Edinburgh and Audacious

HMS Audacious was a King George V class battleship that became the first British battleship to be sunk during the First World War.
HMS Duke of Edinburgh was the name ship of the Duke of Edinburgh class of first class armoured cruisers, a class that consisted of the Duke of Edinburgh and her sister ship the Black Prince
HMS Black Prince was a Duke of Edinburgh class first class armoured cruiser sunk at the battle of Jutland after coming face to face with the main German battle fleet during the night
The Minotaur Class first class armoured cruisers were the last British first class cruisers built with mixed armament
HMS Defence was a Minotaur class first class armoured cruiser, sunk at the battle of Jutland with all hands when she came too close to the German battle ships

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