HMS Severn

HMS Severn was a Humber-class monitor of the Royal Navy. Originally built by Vickers for Brazil, she was purchased by the Royal Navy in 1914 on the outbreak of the First World War along with her sister ships Humber and Mersey. She had been christened Solimoes by the Brazilians, but was renamed by the British. The three ships were the first of a new type of specialized shore-bombardment warships. As a result of her shallow draught, she was very un-manoeuvrable and unseaworthy in open waters in anything more than a Force 5 wind.

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1913  Wikimedia, Wikidata
Humber-class monitor, monitor, Vickers, Royal Navy, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, 

• Dreadnought Project page^@
• naval-history.net page^@
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The monitor 'Severn' (right) with one of her sisters, 'Humber' or 'Mersey' off the Belgian coast, 1914 RMG PV2628

HMS Severn (monitor)

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
link	page		Dreadnought Project page@		Wikidata
link	page		naval-history.net page@		Wikidata
commons	image		The monitor 'Severn' (right) with one of her sisters, 'Humber' or 'Mersey' off the Belgian coast, 1914 RMG PV2628		Commons
commons	image		HMS Severn (monitor)		Commons