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| HMS Mars |
Dates: 1896 - 1921 HMS Mars was a Royal Navy Battleship of the Majestic Class. In common with her sister ships, she was armed with new 12-inch, 46-ton guns which offered greater accuracy and penetration than the 13?-inch guns used on the previous Royal Sovereign class ships. 113 miles of wire were wrapped around the gun barrel and each gun took nine months to manufacture. She carried four such guns in two barbettes with up to 400 rounds for each. She also sported a 6-inch secondary array, and four submerged torpedo tubes in the bow with one above water in the stern. She was armoured with 9-inch Harvey steel and divided into 150 watertight compartments. During World War I her guns were removed to equip the new monitors which were to be used on the Belgian coast, a fate which also befell her sister ships HMS Magnificent and HMS Hannibal. The three ships were then used as transports in the successful evacuation of Gallipoli on 19 December 1915. On her return from the Dardanelles, the Mars became the base ship at Invergordon
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" Quoting: keith miller Could’nt wait for an answer on the Marshall Ney. Wikipedia gives the answer, she formed part of Alaunia in Guzz and was scrapped in 1957. Thats a relief. Alright Keith, Looks like you beat me to it, the only HMS Marshall Ney I could find was an old monitor & ..."
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