HMS Queen Mary was the last battlecruiser built by the Royal Navy

before the First World War. The sole member of her class, Queen Mary was

completed in 1913. She never left the North Sea once the war started,

participating in the Battle of Heligoland Bight in 1914 as part of the

Grand Fleet. Queen Mary unsuccessfully attempted to intercept a German

force that bombarded the North Sea coast of England that December. She

was refitting in early 1915 and missed the Battle of Dogger Bank in

January. Queen Mary was sunk in the largest fleet action of the war, the

Battle of Jutland, in mid-1916. Twice hit by the German battlecruiser

Derfflinger during the early part of the battle, her magazines exploded,

sinking her. The wreck was discovered in 1991 and rests in pieces on the

floor of the North Sea. Her wreck is designated as a protected place

under the Protection of Military Remains Act 1986 as it is the grave of

1,266 men. (This article is part of a featured topic: Battlecruisers of

the world.).

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Today's selected anniversaries:

1916:

World War I: The Supreme War Command was established to oversee

the armed forces of all the Central Powers.

1984:

An explosion on board a Maltese patrol boat that was disposing

of illegal fireworks at sea off Gozo killed seven soldiers and

policemen.

1999:

Three weeks after an earthquake struck northwestern Turkey, a

second earthquake struck Athens, causing Greece and Turkey to initiate

"earthquake diplomacy".

2011:

Yak-Service Flight 9633, carrying the players and coaching

staff of the ice hockey team Lokomotiv Yaroslavl, crashed on take-off

near Yaroslavl, Russia, resulting in the deaths of 44 of the 45 people

on board.

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Wiktionary's word of the day:

aphantasia:

(pathology, psychology) A condition where one does not possess a

functioning "mind's eye" and cannot visualize imagery.

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Wikiquote quote of the day:

  Anyone who is passionate about what they do will have a better

chance of connecting with future generations than those who simply

follow transient trends. At least their work will have a distinctive

character, and this is what people respond to, I believe.  

--Giorgio Armani

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