Career
Following her commissioning she remained with the Grand fleet, taking part in periodic exercises. She was present at the Coronation Fleet review on 24 June 1910. She underwent a refit in 1911-12, leading otherwise an uneventful existence .
On 29 July, in common with much of the grand fleet, she moved to Scapa Flow, at that time the main base of the battle fleet in time of war. On 1 September 1914 at about 18.00 she opened fire on a target which was believed to be a submarine but which proved not to be.
In April 1916 she was transferred to the Fourth Battle Squadron (4BS), a move which affected her position in the chain of command but not her geographical location. On 31 May she sailed with the Grand Fleet, and was present at the Battle of Jutland. After the deployment of the battle fleet she lay in sixteenth place in the line. She took part in the action against the head of the German High Seas Fleet and against the German battlecruisers; it is not known if she scored any hits, and she herself received no hits at all. She returned with the fleet to Scapa flow, and on 9 July 1917 spontaneously blew up.
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