The Vanguard, measuring 814 feet in length and capable of 30 knots, was heavily armed with 97 guns, including 4 twin 15-inch main guns. It served until 1960 before being decommissioned and ...

Despite being completed in 1946, post-WWII, Vanguard combined classic design with modern anti-aircraft features and boasted eight 15-inch guns and a top speed of 30 knots.

It had lain underwater after accidental magazine explosions sank the battleship HMS Vanguard at Scapa Flow in 1917.

A bell, a gun badge, and a tampion were recovered from the wreckage of HMS Vanguard and will be loaned to the Scapa Flow ...

Meet HMS Vanguard (23) ... Among the notable improvements included replacing the planned 20mm anti-aircraft mounts with 40mm guns – of which HMS Vanguard carried seventy-three.

The 15,900 tonne HMS Vanguard, which is nearly 500ft long, cost around £3.75 billion and is one of the most formidable ships the Royal Navy has ever built.

HMS Vanguard under tow in the Solent which looks more like the Mediterranean. ... He had been Vanguard’s navigating officer and had seen the last firing of her 15-inch guns.

No dreadnoughts were lost to enemy guns during the war, though the HMS Audacious was sunk by a mine off the coast of Scotland, and the HMS Vanguard was destroyed by a magazine explosion.

Two other artefacts from HMS Vanguard - a metal badge from one of the the main guns and a protective plug from a gun barrel, known as a tampion - have also been brought to the surface.

It had lain underwater after accidental magazine explosions sank the battleship HMS Vanguard at Scapa Flow in 1917. World War One ship's bell recovered after 108 years Skip to main content ...