THE LAST CRUISE OF THE MAJESTIC - New PB 9781474539166 FREEPOST IN UK

LAST CRUISE OF THE \u201CMAJESTIC\u201D\nInteresting personal account of the service of battleship \u201CMajestic\u201D in the Dardanelles arranged by Goodchild from the logbook of Petty Officer J.G. Cowie. \u201CMajestic\u201D was a Majestic-class pre-dreadnought battleship. In early 1915, she was dispatched to the Mediterranean for service in the Dardanelles Campaign. She participated in bombardments of Turkish forts and supported the Allied landings at Gallipoli. On 27 May 1915, she was torpedoed by the German submarine U-21 at Cape Helles, sinking with the loss of 49 men.\nIn February 1915, Majestic was assigned to participate in the upcoming Dardanelles Campaign to open the Turkish Straits, and she departed early that month under the command of Captain H. F. G. Talbot to join the Mediterranean Fleet. Upon arriving at Malta, she was fitted with what was termed \u201Cmine-catching\u201D gear so that she could serve as a \u201Cmine-bumper\u201D She joined the Dardanelles force on 2.