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On 24 May , 1915 ''Albion'' became beached on a sandbank off Gaba Tepe and while stranded was struck over a hundred times by Turkish artillery. Fortunately the Turkish guns lacked penetration and ''Albion'' suffered fewer than a dozen casualties. She was only towed free after efforts were made to reduce weight and also by using the recoil of firing her main guns simultaneously. ''Albion'' returned home after these damaging engagements in 1916 and was scrapped three years later. |
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