One dramatic image shows an explosion on board the HMS Invincible during the Battle of Jutland in 1916, where more than 1,000 lives were lost.

The Invincible became a blueprint for future British ships, and by the time Nelson went to the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805, 16 out of 27 ships in his fleet were Invincible’s descendants.

Virgile Henri Sonnet remained with HMS Invincible until the Battle of Jutland in 1916. During the battle, a German shell penetrated one of Invincible’s magazines causing a huge explosion that ...

ARCHAEOLOGISTS were stunned by the preservation of the HMS Invincible - the ship that inspired Britain's future naval success - during excavations in the Solent.