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^ excellent! I was going to post but ya beat me to it! This old predreadnought really covered some territory and literally pulled her weight In the Falklands battle "Canopus opened indirect fire while anchored, using spotters on a hilltop, firing just 4 shots at the extreme range of 12,000 yards (11 km); although von Spee's squadron was beyond the range of her guns she did succeed in hitting the after-funnel of the armored cruiser Gneisenau with a 12-inch shell that ricocheted off the water-the rear turret had fired using 2 practice rounds which were already loaded for an expected practice shoot later. The German ships turned away; Under fire from Canopus and spotting the tophampers of Sturdee's battlecruisers, von Spee called off his force's planned attack on the Falklands' radio and coaling stations and ran...to his own and his squadron's death"). Historians have referred to the Battle of the Falkland Islands as the most decisive naval battle of WWI. It gave the Allies a huge, much-needed surge of confidence on the seas. HMS Canopus, an old predread with blank shells, literally turned the tide of battle. She does not get her just due! At Turkey and the Dardanelles in 1915: photo: HMS Canopus FIRING her 12" guns at the Dardanelles Turkish forts. On two occasions this 'ol gal not only shot but toe'd the line, so to speak: "Canopus and light cruiser HMS Talbot escorted the damaged battlecruiser HMS Inflexibile to Malta, towing Inflexible by the stern when Inflexible became unable to steam ahead during the latter part of the voyage." Two months later still giving 12" supporting fire, "When her sister ship HMS Albion became stranded on a sandbank off Gaba Tepe under heavy fire on 22–23 May 1915, Canopus towed her (own weight?) free."HMS ALBION (lucky Canopus class predreadnought):EDIT: HMS Albion and all Canopus Class ships were Krupp armored; Krupp armor having greater protective value at a given weight than its English Harvey equivalent. Part of her armour scheme included the use of a special 1-inch (2.54 mm) armoured deck over the belt to defend against plunging fire. Irony: you're stuck on a sandbar off Dardanelles... fired on by Turkish Krupp guns, protected by Krupp armor...Vulcan is a strange god!