Origin
The naval estimates for 1907-8, (the amount of naval spending being requested) presented to the House of Commons by the First Lord, included funding for the construction of two battleships of the dreadnought type, or for three if no acceptable understanding could be reached with the other major naval powers at the Hague Conference. In the event no such understanding could be arrived at, and the St Vincent class, originally planned to contain two ships (HMS Collingwood and HMS St Vincent) was expanded to include HMS Vanguard.
HMS Vanguard was ordered on 6 February 1908 from Vickers yard in Barrow. She was laid down on 2 April 1908 and launched on 22 February 1909. She began trials in November 1909, completed in February 1910 and on 1 March 1910 she commissioned at Devonport in the first division of the Home Fleet.
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