Information/Autograph request
Postcard sent by Bray to The Commander, HMS Temeraire, Admiralty Office, SW on 23rd August 1911 asking for his autograph and some information to be supplied.
In August 1911 Arthur H. Christian superceded Reginald A. Allenby as captain of HMS Temeraire. The person who signed the card was neither of these two gentlemen.
HMS Temeraire was one of three Bellerophon-class dreadnought battleships built for the Royal Navy in the first decade of the 20th century. She spent almost her whole career assigned to the Home and Grand Fleets. Aside from participating in the Battle of Jutland in May 1916 and the inconclusive Action of 19 August, her service during World War I generally consisted of routine patrols and training in the North Sea.
Temeraire was transferred to the Mediterranean Fleet in October 1918 and she supported Allied forces in the Mediterranean and the Black Sea after the war ended in November. The ship was deemed obsolete and was reduced to reserve when she returned home in early 1919 and was then used as a training ship. Temeraire was sold for scrap in 1921 and broken up the following year.
