The battleship, HMS St Vincent , was built in Portsmouth, this photograph shows HMS St Vincent, a few moments after her launch, in Portsmouth Harbour, on September 10th, 1908. She was completed between September 1908 and May 1910, and was commissioned as the 2nd flagship of 1st Division Home Fleet, also at Portsmouth, on May 3rd, 1910. She saw action at the famous Battle of Jutland in June 1916. This is one many historic photographs included on the Portsmouth Dockyard 1900-1920 A Photographic History CD-ROM, please note that the image shown is of lower resolution and quality than the image on the CD-ROM.