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HMS Irresistible (1898)
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HMS Irresistible—the fourth British Royal Navy ship of the name—was a Formidable-class pre-dreadnought battleship. The design of these ships were developments of earlier British battleships: they moun
Irresistible in 1914
Irresistible in 1914
Line-drawing of the Formidable class
Line-drawing of the Formidable class
HMS Irresistible and HMS Ocean shelling the Kum Kale and other forts on the Asiatic side
HMS Irresistible and HMS Ocean shelling the Kum Kale and other forts on the Asiatic side
Irresistible listing and sinking in the Dardanelles, 18 March 1915. Photograph taken from the battleship Lord Nelson
Irresistible listing and sinking in the Dardanelles, 18 March 1915. Photograph taken from the battleship Lord Nelson
HMS Ocean (1898)
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HMS Ocean was a pre-dreadnought battleship of the British Royal Navy and a member of the Canopus class. Intended for service in Asia, Ocean and her sister ships were smaller and faster than the preced
HMS Irresistible (1898)
…laid down a heavy fire on her. Her main gun turrets began to malfunction, and she was obscured by smoke and spray. De Robeck ordered the battleship Ocean to take her under tow and pull her out of range of the Ottoman guns, and the destroyer Wear came alongside and rescued most of the crew—28 officers and…
HMS Ocean
HMS Ocean
Right elevation, deck plan and hull section as depicted in Brassey's Naval Annual 1906
Right elevation, deck plan and hull section as depicted in Brassey's Naval Annual 1906
Crew on the forward deck of a Canopus-class battleship, c. 1905
Crew on the forward deck of a Canopus-class battleship, c. 1905