Captain Wilfrid Nunn relieved Mitchell on 20 April 1924 before '' Ramillies '' underwent a refit at Rosyth in June . On 1 November , the Atlantic Fleet underwent a reorganisation that saw the '' Queen Elizabeth '' - class ships sent to the Mediterranean Fleet and the ships of the 1st Division reconstituted as the 1st Battle Squadron . She decommissioned for an extensive refit at Devonport in September 1926 which concluded on 1 March 1927 , when she recommissioned for service . '' Ramillies '' and her sisters were transferred to the Mediterranean Fleet in August . Captain Hubert Monroe was appointed in command of the ship on 3 February 1928 . In August and September , '' Ramillies '' participated in torpedo and anti-submarine exercises . She took part in manoeuvres simulating a surprise attack in January 1929 and then in combined exercises with the Atlantic Fleet two months later . Captain Bernard Fairbairn replaced Monroe in late April . She went to Jaffa in Mandatory Palestine in October during a period of unrest in the city . '' Ramillies '' briefly ran aground in Malta 's Grand Harbour in January 1930 . She steamed to Alexandria in September 1930 in response to rioting there . The ship paid off in June 1932 for another extensive refit at Devonport that lasted until August 1934 . In early 1935 , the '' Revenge '' and '' Queen Elizabeth '' classes again swapped places , though by this time , the Atlantic Fleet had been renamed the Home Fleet . On 16 July , the ships were present during the fleet review at Spithead for King George V 's silver jubilee . '' Ramillies '' accidentally collided with the German steamship in a gale in the Strait of Dover on 31 August ; her bow was slightly damaged in the incident
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1929 Palestine riots
HMS Ramillies (07)