World War 1, Europe, Turkey, Gallipoli, HMS Majestic,1915
1915View of sunken battleship "HMS Majestic" off Cape Helles
HMS Majestic was a Majestic-class pre-dreadnought battleship of the Royal Navy. Commissioned in 1895, she was the largest pre-dreadnought launched at the time. When World War I broke out Majestic was attached to the Channel Fleet during the early stages of the war before being detached for escort duties with Canadian troop convoys. In early 1915, she was dispatched to the Mediterranean for service in the Dardanelles Campaign. She participated in bombardments of Turkish forts and supported the Allied landings at Gallipoli. On 27 May 1915, she was torpedoed by a U-boat at Cape Helles, sinking with the loss of 49 men.
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