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{{DISPLAYTITLE:''Invincible''-class battlecruiser}}
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|Ship image=[[File:HMS Invincible (1907) British Battleship.jpg|300px|alt=A large grey warship with two tripod masts and three funnels]]
|Ship caption=An early photograph of ''Invincible'', before her torpedo nets were removed.
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|Name=''Invincible''-class battlecruiser
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On 3 November 1914, [[Winston Churchill|Churchill]] ordered the first British attack on the Dardanelles following the opening of hostilities between Turkey and Russia. The attack was carried out by ''Indomitable'' and ''Indefatigable'', as well as the French [[pre-dreadnought battleship]]s {{ship|French battleship|Suffren||2}} and {{ship|French battleship|Vérité|
1907|2}}. The intention of the attack was to test the fortifications and measure the Turkish response. The results were deceptively encouraging. In a twenty-minute bombardment, a single shell struck the magazine of the fort at [[Sedd el Bahr]] at the tip of the Gallipoli peninsula, displacing (but not destroying) 10 guns and killing 86 Turkish soldiers. The most significant consequence was that the attention of the Turks was drawn to strengthening their defences, and they set about expanding the mine field.<(contracted; show full){{DEFAULTSORT:Invincible class battlecruiser}}
[[Category:Battlecruiser classes]]
[[Category:Invincible-class battlecruisers| ]]
[[Category:World War I battlecruisers of the United Kingdom| Invincible class battlecruiser]]
[[Category:Ship classes of the Royal Navy]]

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