HMS Vanguard (23)
Quick Facts
- Ship Name
- HMS Vanguard
- Type
- Battleship
- Class
- Vanguard-class battleship
- Pennant Number
- 23
- Launched
- 1944
- Built at
- John Brown & Company
- Commissioned
- 1946
- Armament
- 8 × 15-inch guns
- Propulsion
- Steam turbines
- Role
- Battleship
- Notable for
- Last British battleship
- Fate
- Scrapped in 1960
- Status
- Decommissioned
HMS Vanguard was the last battleship completed for the Royal Navy and represented the final stage of British capital ship construction.