Battleship Vanguard the last Battleship

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[clydeferries]

She was also the only British Battleship never to fire a shot in anger , instead usually used as a Royal Yacht. The Vanguard went to Faslane for breaking

[elswick1542]

@clydeferries The first modern Battleship HMS Dreadnought also never fired in anger although it did ram and sink a U-Boat.

[SilentRunning1000]

@canopus101. Yes your right what a waste it is. But you see, unfortunately we have politicians who are totally ignorant of History. They think only of the next election, and will sacrifice anyone or anything to achieve this. Look at our current crop, they have scrapped all our aircraft carriers and have left the Falkland Islands undefended. As someone once said if politics was for the good of the people they would ban it. Bring back Oliver Cromwell! For we still have the Long Parliament.

[WinterBornActual]

@canopus101 It was criminal, especialy scrapping Warspite. Possibly the most heavily engaged battleship of all time. Not many that fought in WW1 at Jutland, then in the Atlantic, Mediterranean, Pacifc, Indian Oceans and also was active at Normandy

[yohodi]

My father served on Vanguard around 1947, he said she was an unhappy ship, I knew that was probably because she never fired her guns in anger. From reading some of the comments about her being outclassed explains a bit more...

[OldOldOakMan]

HMS Vanguard also starred as the Bismark in the film Sink The Bismark , must have been the last thing she did as the film is listed as made 1960 !!!

[Th3Gr33k]

@PotatoGunsRule Because we can be idiots it seems... A real shame. Bah

[MrStig691]

@SilentRunning1000 "they have scrapped all our aircraft carriers"

No they haven't, although they are still treasonous

[PotatoGunsRule]

Good points....why is it that in America we had the public preserve some dreadnaughts but not in UK?

[elrjames777]

@SilentRunning1000 The reason you give for Charles's execution is misleading: after the 2nd civil war, an army remonstrance was rejected by the HoC (Long Parliament), which also accepted Charles' proposals for settlement. The army then arrested "purged" 200 MPs to give them the majority (Rump Parliament) to establish a republic and pass an ordinance (rejected by the Lords) to put Charles on trial. These actions were clearly illegal and amounted essentially to a coup d'etat :-)

[SilentRunning1000]

@lankinator24. What really did for Charles I, was the fact that he was trying to make treaties with other foreign powers, for them to invade Britain, so he could keep his throne. It was at this point that it was determined that Charles I was to dangerous to remain alive and it was for this reason they went ahead with the trial for high treason.

[SilentRunning1000]

@lankinator24. No Cromwell was not determined, he was the first to put his name on the death warrant because the other signatories lost their nerve. Lets face it, you would be signing the death warrant of a king. Even at the eleventh hour Cromwell beseeched him to sign but he would not....

[lankinator24]

@SilentRunning1000 Cromwell was the most determined to have him killed!

[SilentRunning1000]

@lankinator24. The only reason Charles I was put to death in the first place, was because he wouldn't acquiesce to the will of parliament. Cromwell was quite prepared for him to remain as a figurehead. The reason he was ousted in the first place was because he was corrupt. His people remained in abject poverty while he lavished the nations wealth on himself. As for the UKIP crack, I already do vote for them. The other 3 main party's would sell there own grandmother for 5p. The're useless.