HMS Majestic weighing 14,900 tons was built as a pre-dreadnought battleship at Portsmouth Shipyards by Naval Construction & Armaments Co of Barrow between 1893 and 1895. Majestic was on her first mission as the flagship of the Channel Fleet, guarding the south coast of England.

Despite the fact that Churchill thought the ship was too old for the operation planned to be carried out in Gallipoli, it was still added to the naval fleet due to being thought that the Dardanelles could easily be passed and İstanbul could be reached.

Majestic, having joined the Dardanelles Force on February 24, 1915 carried out its first mission in order to destroy the Dardanos Battery and the Baykuş Battery and to carry out minesweeping works.

Majestic had participated in the assaults to pass the Dardanelles on March 1-4, 1915 and in the final attempt to force the Dardanelles by naval power of 2nd Royal Marine Division on March 18, 1915. After the landing on April 25, 1915, HMS Majestic remained in Gallipoli for moral support.

Commanded by Colonel Henry FitzRoy George Talbot, HMS Majestic had anchored as close to the shore as possible so as not to suffer the same fate as HMS Triumph, which was sunk by the submarine U-21 two days earlier. Despite the fact that the ship was surrounded by anti-torpedo nets, it could not escape from being a target and was sunk after being torpedoed by the German submarine U-21 at around 06:30 am on May 27, 1915.

Although it lost its guns in time, HMS Majestic has largely maintained its condition. The shipwreck awaits diving enthusiasts as one of the most important witnesses of the war at a depth of 18-23 meters offshore Seddülbahir

Location
Seddülbahir

Depth
18-23 m

Size
118x23 m

Type
War Ship