HMS Revenge (1892)
HMS Revenge was a pre-dreadnought battleship of the Royal Sovereign class of the British Royal Navy.
In 1906, the Royal Sovereigns, like every other battleship in the world, were made obsolete with the launch of the revolutionary HMS Dreadnought, the first all-big-gun battleship. Only Revenge and her sister ship HMS Hood survived to see the outbreak of World War I.
HMS Revenge was flagship during the blockade of Crete in 1898. Laid up awaiting disposal at the outbreak of the War, she was refitted as a bombardment ship, and her guns relined to 12in. Based at Dover, Revenge bombarded the Belgian coast between 1914 and 1915.
In August 1915, she was renamed HMS Redoubtable to free her name for the Revenge class battleship HMS Revenge. From October 1915, she was laid up at Portsmouth, until sold to Messrs Ward and scrapped in 1919.
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References
Dittmar F.J and Colledge J.J. "British Warships 1914-1919, Ian allen, London, 1972. ISBN 0-7110-0380-7