The British Islands: approximate track of fleet flagship between August 4th 1914 and November 11th 1918.

Single sheet. Coloured lithograph. Scale [circa 1:2,000,000]. The printed tracks have a different colour code for each year from 1914 to 1918.

Text under the title reads: HMS 'Iron Duke' was Fleet Flagship between August 4th 1914 and February 15th 1917 being relieved by HMS Queen Elizabeth on February 16th 1917. During her period as Fleet Flagship during the War, HMS 'Iron Duke' steamed 44,680 miles and took in 52,140 tons of coal, 'coaling ship' 104 times.

Object Details

ID: G215:1/14
Collection: Charts and maps
Type: Chart
Display location: Not on display
Creator: United Kingdom Hydrographic Office (UKHO)
Places: British Isles; Ireland Norway Denmark Germany Holland Europe Atlantic Coast
Date made: 1919
Credit: © Crown copyright. National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Printed area 81.5 x 101cm, on sheet 87 x 103.5cm.