HMS Triumph (1903)
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HMS Triumph, originally known as Libertad, was the second of the two Swiftsure-class pre-dreadnought battleships of the Royal Navy. The ship was ordered by the Chilean Navy, but she was purchased by t
HMS Triumph
HMS Triumph near completion in January 1904.
Triumph on maneuvers in 1908
Triumph firing at German positions at Qingdao, China, in October 1914
SM U-21 (Germany)
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SM U-21 was a Type U 19 U-boat built for the Imperial German Navy shortly before World War I. The third of four Type U-19-class submarines, these were the first U-boats in German service to be equippe
HMS Triumph (1903)
…in early 1915 to participate in the Dardanelles Campaign against the Ottoman Empire. She was torpedoed and sunk off Gaba Tepe by the German submarine U-21 on 25 May 1915. Triumph was ordered by Chile, with the name of Libertad, in response to the Argentine purchase of two armoured cruisers from Italy…
SM U-21 (rightmost boat in foreground)
Painting of the sinking of HMS Pathfinder by W L Wyllie
Willy Stöwer's painting of U-21 sinking Linda Blanche
HMS Majestic torpedoed by U-21