HMS Vanguard

HMS Vanguard conducting gunnery trials off Malta 1947.

During these trials, she managed to straddle the Target first salvo at 23'000 yards and consistently scored straddles at various ranges while at high speed.

Had the Target been a Bismarck sized warship its thought she would have made hits from the start would have kept the target under the constant barrage.

The trials showed that Vanguard was an incredible gunnery platform, very stable in a wide range of conditions. This reputation was further enhanced in 1953 during NATO exercises in the Faroe-Iceland-Scotland gap.