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HMS Invincible was an Invincible Class Battlecruiser built at Elswick, and launched in March 1909, at a cost of £1,767,515. Invincible was fitted with experimental electrically powered gun turrets, but after disapointing trials they were found to be slower then hydraulic turrets, so in 1914 the turrets were re-fitted with conventional hydraulic power.
- 6th August 1914 Invincible was dispatched to Queenstown for trade protection duties.
- 9th August 1914 she was ordered to return to become flagship on 2nd Battlecruiser Squadron.
- 28th August 1914 took part in the Battle of Heligoland Bight.
- September 1914, transferred to 1st Battlecruiser Squadron.
- October 1914, rejoined 2nd Battlecruiser Squadron.
- 4th November 1914, Invincible was ordered to South American waters to hunt Admiral Graf Spee.
- 11th November 1914, after short refit at Devonport, set sail as flagship of Vice-Admiral Sturdee.
- 8th December 1914 took part in the Battle of the Falkland Islands
- 16th December 1914 left the Falkland Islands for home.
- January 1915 she underwent a refit at Gibraltar
- Feburary 1915, joined 3rd Battlecruiser Squadron.
- 31st May 1916 HMS Invincible sank with the loss of 1,026 of her crew; only 5 men survived. At the Battle of Jutland by SMS Derfflinger and Lützow, she had already inflicted fatal damage on Lützow.
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List of those who served on HMS Invincible during The Great War.
- Signalman Norman Henry Sargisson. (d. 31st May 1916)
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