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Swiftsure class battleship

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These two predreadnoughts were ordered by Chile during a period of tension with Argentina and then purchased by Britain to keep them out of Russian hands when the Chileans changed their minds and offered them for sale. One was sunk during the Dardanelles Campaign, but the other survived to be scrapped shortly after the end of World War I.--Sturmvogel 66 (talk) 02:33, 26 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]