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A diver swims past the rudders of the British Battleship HMS Vanguard. Lost to a magazine explosion on the 9th of July 1917 while at anchor in Scapa Flow, she took all but two of her crew with her. Photo is from a survey of the wreck undertaken in 2017 for the 100th anniversary of her loss.

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A diver swims past the rudders of the British Battleship HMS Vanguard. Lost to a magazine explosion on the 9th of July 1917 while at anchor in Scapa Flow, she took all but two of her crew with her. Photo is from a survey of the wreck undertaken in 2017 for the 100th anniversary of her loss.