The three battleships joined the British and French fleet for the landings at Cape Helles and at Anzac Cove, conducted on 25 April. The three ships supported the landing of the 3rd Australian Brigade at Anzac Cove. Over the course of the landing, "London", "Queen", and "Prince of Wales" provided covering fire as the ANZAC troops advanced inland and helped to suppress Ottoman artillery. In May, the three ships were reassigned to the 2nd Detached Squadron, which was tasked with supporting the Italian "Regia Marina" (Royal Navy) in the Adriatic Sea, where it contained the Austro-Hungarian Navy. Admiral Paolo Thaon di Revel, the Italian naval chief of staff, believed that the threat from Austro-Hungarian submarines and naval mines in the narrow waters of the Adriatic was too serious for him to use the fleet in an active way. He therefore kept his most modern battleships, plus the British ones, at Taranto to blockade the Austro-Hungarians. Also in May, "Venerable" was transferred from the Channel to the Dardanelles; she supported Allied forces ashore in August, before being refit in October and transferred to the 2nd Detached Squadron in December.