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Battleships Main Index » Battleships of Great Britain » Battleship H.M.S. Vanguard (1944)
Great Britain naval ensign H.M.S. Vanguard (1944) British super-Dreadnought fast battleship
Quick reference
Construction
Ordered: 14 March 1941
Laid Down: 2 October 1941
Launched: 30 November 1944
Commissioned: April 1946
Constructor: John Brown and Company, Clydebank, Scotland
Fate
Decommissioned, 9 October 1959. Sold for scrap to Shipbreaking Industries in 1960. Arrived at Faslane for scrapping 9 August 1960.

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