Launch of the HMS Queen Mary battlecruiser. This launch took place on 20 March 1912 at Palmers Shipbuilding and Iron Company, Jarrow-on-Tyne, England.

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Launch of the HMS Queen Mary battlecruiser. This launch took place on 20 March 1912 at Palmers Shipbuilding and Iron Company, Jarrow-on-Tyne, England. This ship was sunk in 1916 at the Battle of Jutland in the North Sea during World War I. This battlecruiser was 214 metres in length, 24 metres wide, and weighted 26,770 tons. This photograph is from the Bain News Service, one of the USA's earliest news picture libraries.

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