against anchors with stocks. In November 1907, she was made a target ship and was sunk off the Kentish Knock on 18 February 1908. Popular culturePlayer's Navy Cut cigarette packages used an illustration of a sailor with a warship in the background. The sailor's cap band reads "Hero"; this does not imply any connection with HMS Hero, but just suggests that all Royal Navy sailors were heroes. (See the accompanying image.) References Oscar Parkes, British Battleships Conway, All the World's Fighting Ships'' Conqueror-class monitors Ships built in Chatham 1885 ships Victorian-era battleships of the United Kingdom Shipwrecks in the North Sea Ships sunk as targets Maritime incidents in 1908