HMS St Vincent was the lead ship of her class of three dreadnought battleships, built for the Royal Navy in the first decade of the 20th century. She was equipped with ten 12-inch (305 mm) guns in five gun turrets. After commissioning in 1910, her entire career was spent with the Home and Grand Fleets, often serving as a flagship. In the Battle of Jutland in May 1916, the ship discharged 98 shells from her main guns, firing first at the crippled German light cruiser SMS Wiesbaden. Targeting the battlecruiser SMS Moltke, her first hit wrecked the sickbay and slightly damaged the surrounding superstructure and hull, causing minor flooding. The second hit penetrated the rear armour of the superfiring turret at the rear of the ship. Apart from Jutland and the inconclusive Action of 19 August several months later, her service during World War I generally consisted of routine patrols and training in the North Sea. Deemed obsolete after the war, the ship was reduced to reserve and used as a training ship. St Vincent was sold for scrap in 1921 and broken up the following year.

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_______________________________ Today's selected anniversaries:

1284:

The Statute of Rhuddlan incorporated the Principality of Wales into England. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Statute_of_Rhuddlan

1875:

French composer Georges Bizet's opera Carmen (poster pictured), based on the novella of the same title by Prosper Mérimée, premiered at the Opéra-Comique in Paris. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carmen

1924:

The Free State of Fiume, a short-lived independent free state located in the modern city of Rijeka, Croatia, was annexed by the Kingdom of Italy. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_State_of_Fiume

1943:

Second World War: During a German aerial attack on London, 173 people were killed in a stampede while trying to enter Bethnal Green tube station, which was being used as an air-raid shelter. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bethnal_Green_tube_station

1991:

Motorist Rodney King was beaten by Los Angeles policemen, causing public outrage that increased tensions between the African American community and the police department over the issues of police brutality and social inequalities in the area. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rodney_King

_____________________________ Wiktionary's word of the day:

trilemma: 1. A circumstance in which a choice must be made between three options that seem equally undesirable or, put another way, in which a choice must be made among three desirable options, only two of which are possible at the same time. 2. (logic) An argument containing three alternatives, jointly exhaustive either under any condition(s) or under all condition(s) consistent with the universe of discourse of that argument, that each imply the same conclusion. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/trilemma

___________________________ Wikiquote quote of the day:

The anomaly of war is that the best men get themselves killed while crafty men find their chance to govern in a manner contrary to justice.   --Émile Chartier https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/%C3%89mile_Chartier