Maritime record MWX4967 - Ramillies

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Summary

The Battleship H.M.S. Ramillies collided with the Portland Breakwater in January 1924.

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The Battleship H.M.S. Ramillies collided with the Portland Breakwater in January 1924. (1) Launched in 1916, the Ramillies was not completed until 1917 and commissioned in May of that year when she joined the 1st Battle Squadron of the Grand Fleet. In the Second World War, she took part in the chase of the Bismarck. She was broken up in 1948. (2)

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  • <1> Digital archive: Le Pard, G. 1995-2003. Dorset Coast Forum Maritime Archaeological Database.
  • <2> Monograph: Kemp, P (Ed ). 1988. The Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea.
  • <3> Monograph: Trim, P. 1985 about. Shipwrecks, Abbotsbury to Portland. .

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Location

Grid reference SY 70 77 (point) Estimated from sources
Map sheet SY77NW

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  • None recorded

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  • Legacy UID: Dorset Sites and Monuments Record: 9 000 1077

Record last edited

May 6 2004 10:53AM

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