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03-Jun-2021

HMS Swiftsure

Scanned from a photo postcard circa 1916
The battleship HMS Swiftsure at anchor in front of the Citadel in Quebec City when she was acting as an Atlantic convoy escort during WW1.
Originally being built in Britain for Chile with the name Constitución she was purchased by Britain before completion and renamed Swiftsure entering service with the Royal Navy in 1904
During WW1 she served in the Indian Ocean, Mediterranean and Atlantic. She was scrapped in 1920.


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