HMS St. Vincent (1908)

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Career

Ordered:	1907
Laid down:	December 30, 1907
Launched:	September 10, 1908
Commissioned:	May 3, 1910
Decommissioned:	March, 1921
Status:	Sold for scrap, 1 December 1921
General Characteristics
Displacement:	19,488 tons
Length:	536 ft
Beam:	84 ft
Draught:	28 ft 11 in
Propulsion:	4 shaft Parsons turbines; 24,500 shp
Speed:	21 kt
Range:	4,690 nautical miles at 10 kt (coal only)
Complement:	756
Armament:	10 × 12 in 50cal MK XI (5 × 2), 20 × 4 in (20 × 1), 4 × 3 pounder (4 × 1), 3 × 18 in torpedo tubes

HMS St. Vincent was the lead ship of the St. Vincent class battleships of the British Royal Navy.

She was commissioned May 3, 1910 as 2nd flagship of 1st Division Home Fleet at Portsmouth. She was commanded by Capt. Douglas R. L. Nicholson and was flagship of Rear-Admiral Richard H. Peirse, M.V.O., Home Fleet, at the Coronation Spithead Review of June 24, 1911. In April 1914, she became flagship of the Second-in-Command, 1st Battle Squadron Home Fleet, which she remained until November 1915, when she became a private ship. She was in the 5th Division of the battlefleet at the Battle of Jutland, 20th in the line of battle, and engaged a German battleship believed to have been of the König class. In June 1916, she was transferred to 4th Battle Squadron. In March 1919, she was reduced to reserve and became a gunnery training ship, which she remained until placed on the Disposal list in March 1921. She was sold for scrap in 1921.