HMS Ramillies (07) Her particular task was to silence the batteries at the entrance to Toulon harbour. "Ramillies" was put in reserve on 31 January 1945 at Portsmouth and was used as an accommodation ship. John Egerton Broome was captain from 1945 to 1946. She was sold in 1946 and scrapped in 1949. One of "Ramillies" 15-inch (381 mm) guns has been preserved and can be seen at the Imperial War Museum in London. The ship's bell is preserved at HMCS "Star", a Naval Reserve Division at Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. HMS Ramillies (07) HMS "Ramillies" (pennant number: 07) was one of five s
HMS A4 in contact with the battery acid. The crew managed to blow the ballast tanks to surface the boat and evacuate onto the deck, but there was an explosion whilst she was being towed back to port and she slowly sank. The boat was salvaged and repaired. The captain of the submarine at the time, Lieutenant Martin Nasmith, was later awarded the Victoria Cross for his command of during the Dardanelles campaign in 1915. During the First World War she was used for training at Portsmouth, and was sold for scrap on 16 January 1920. HMS A4 HMS "A4" was an