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HMS Hibernia was a
King Edward VII-class battleship of
Britain's
Royal Navy, the last generation of British
pre-dreadnoughts. Like all ships of the class (apart from
HMS King Edward VII) she was named after an important part of the
British Empire, namely
Ireland.
She was commissioned into Atlantic Fleet but was transferred to the Channel Fleet in early 1907 as
flagship of its
Vice admiral. During this period,
William Boyle, 12th Earl of Cork, served as her
commander. In March 1909 she was transferred to the Home Fleet as flagship of the
rear admiral (second in command) of the 2nd Division.
She was placed in reserve at the
Nore with a small reserve crew in January 1912. In May 1912 she was used for experiments with early naval aircraft and had a wooden
flight deck constructed on her
forecastle. On
2 May 1912 Commander
Charles Samson became the first man to take off from a ship which was underway. He did this in a
Shorts S27 biplane whilst
Hibernia steamed at 10.5 knots (19 km/h) at the
Royal Fleet Review in
Weymouth Bay,
England.
When
World War I broke out she immediately joined the
3rd Battle Squadron of the
Grand Fleet and in October 1915 sailed for the
Dardanelles as
Rear Admiral Fremantle's flagship, from where she returned in May 1916. Among those serving aboard her during this time was
Augustus Agar, later
V.C. and famous for exploits against the
Bolsheviks and as captain of
HMS Dorsetshire in
World War II.
In 1917 her 6 inch guns were removed from their
casemates since these were flooded in heavy seas, and replaced with four on the higher shelter deck. At the end of the war she returned to the Nore where she was used as an accommodation ship until she was scrapped.
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