HMS Audacious

HMS Audacious was the fourth and last King George V-class dreadnought battleship built for the Royal Navy in the early 1910s. After completion in 1913, she spent her brief 2-year career assigned to the Home and Grand Fleets. The ship struck a German naval mine off the northern coast of County Donegal in Ulster, Ireland, in the early days of the First World War. Audacious slowly flooded, allowing all of her crew to be rescued, and finally sank after the British were unable to tow her to shore. However, a petty officer on a nearby cruiser was killed by shrapnel when Audacious subsequently exploded. Even though American tourists aboard one of the rescuing ships photographed and filmed the sinking battleship, the Admiralty embargoed news of her loss in Britain to prevent the Germans from taking advantage of the weakened Grand Fleet. She is the largest warship ever sunk by naval mines.

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speed 21 knot, 
shipwreck, dreadnought, King George V-class dreadnought battleship, Royal Navy, Vickers-Armstrongs, 

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  U-1009 ⓘ
  1944 Type VII C/41 submarine

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  U-1010 ⓘ
  1944 Type VII C/41 submarine

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  U-1271 ⓘ
  German world war II submarine

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  U-155 ⓘ
  1941 Type IXC submarine

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  U-218 ⓘ
  1941 Type VIID submarine

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  U-2506 ⓘ
  1944 Type XXI submarine

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  U-369 ⓘ
  1943 Type VIIC submarine

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  U-541 ⓘ
  1943 Type IX submarine

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  U-637 ⓘ
  1942 Type VIIC submarine

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  U-778 ⓘ
  1944 Type VIIC submarine

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  U-825 ⓘ
  German World War II submarine

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  U-861 ⓘ
  1943 Type IX submarine

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  U-930 ⓘ
  German world war II submarine

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1913 HMS Audacious

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ship launching

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ship commissioning

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keel laying

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Frameless

HMS Liverpool attemps to take HMS Audacious in tow

Naval Operations- Damaged Ships- Sinking of the British Battleship "Audacious." H.M.S. Audacious, sinking off the Irish coast after having struck a mine. Photo made from the deck of the S.S. Olympic show(...)- NARA- 45511447 (cropped)

Audacious Sinking Q 75585

Study for 'Masters of the Seas' RMG PW1841

HMS Audacious crew take to lifeboats to be taken aboard RMS Olympic in October 1914

HMS Liverpool tows HMS Audacious

Battleship HMS Audacious - IWM Q 75212

HMS Audacious (cuirassé anglais lors d'essais en mer en automne 1913) - photographie de presse - Agence Rol - btv1b6932630h

HMS Audacious LOC 17766

Navy - Naval Operations - Damaged Ships - Sinking of the British Battleship "Audacious." H.M.S. Audacious, sinking off the Irish coast after having struck a mine. Photo made from the deck of the S.S. Olympic show(...) - NARA - 45511447

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
link	page		Dreadnought Project page@		Wikidata
object	watercraft		U-1009	Type VII C/41 submarine, U-boat, Type VII submarine	Wikidata
object	watercraft		U-1010	Type VII C/41 submarine, U-boat, Type VII submarine	Wikidata
object	watercraft		U-1271	U-boat	Wikidata
object	watercraft		U-155	Type IXC submarine, U-boat	Wikidata
object	watercraft		U-218	U-boat, Type VIID submarine	Wikidata
object	watercraft		U-2506	U-boat, Type XXI submarine	Wikidata
object	watercraft		U-369	U-boat, Type VIIC submarine	Wikidata
object	watercraft		U-541	Type IX submarine, U-boat	Wikidata
object	watercraft		U-637	Type VIIC submarine, U-boat	Wikidata
object	watercraft		U-778	Type VIIC submarine, U-boat	Wikidata
object	watercraft		U-825	U-boat	Wikidata
object	watercraft		U-861	Type IX submarine, U-boat	Wikidata
object	watercraft		U-930	U-boat	Wikidata
site	shipwreck		U-2511	shipwreck, U-boat, Type XXI submarine	Wikidata
site	shipwreck	1908	SS Laurentic	shipwreck, ocean liner	Wikidata
site	shipwreck	1913	HMS Audacious	King George V-class dreadnought battleship, shipwreck, dreadnought	Wikidata
commons	image		HMS Liverpool attemps to take HMS Audacious in tow		Commons
commons	image		Naval Operations- Damaged Ships- Sinking of the British Battleship "Audacious." H.M.S. Audacious, sinking off the Irish coast after having struck a mine. Photo made from the deck of the S.S. Olympic show(...)- NARA- 45511447 (cropped)		Commons
commons	image		Audacious Sinking Q 75585		Commons
commons	image		Study for 'Masters of the Seas' RMG PW1841		Commons
commons	image		HMS Audacious crew take to lifeboats to be taken aboard RMS Olympic in October 1914		Commons
commons	image		HMS Liverpool tows HMS Audacious		Commons
commons	image		Battleship HMS Audacious - IWM Q 75212		Commons
commons	image		HMS Audacious (cuirassé anglais lors d'essais en mer en automne 1913) - photographie de presse - Agence Rol - btv1b6932630h		Commons
commons	image		HMS Audacious LOC 17766		Commons
commons	image		Navy - Naval Operations - Damaged Ships - Sinking of the British Battleship "Audacious." H.M.S. Audacious, sinking off the Irish coast after having struck a mine. Photo made from the deck of the S.S. Olympic show(...) - NARA - 45511447		Commons