HMS Vengeance, a 12,950-ton Canopus class battleship, was built at Barrow-in-Furness, England. Laid down in August 1898 and launched a year later, she was commissioned in April 1902 and sent to the Mediterranean Sea. Between June 1903 and April 1905 Vengeance was assigned to the China station. Following refit she served with the Channel and Home Fleets until 1909, then was employed on support, gunnery training and reserve duties.
After World War I began in August 1914 Vengeance served in British home waters before steaming south to take part in operations off Africa and in the Mediterranean. She was an active participant in the Dardanelles campaign during the late winter and spring of 1915. The ship spent most of the rest of the war in the East Indies and in African waters. Used as a depot ship during 1918 and 1919, Vengeance was sold for scrapping in 1921.
This page features the only views we have concerning the British battleship Vengeance of 1902.
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Page made 12 May 2006