The ships immediately available for the task were HMS `` Canopus '' , HMS `` Standard '' , HMS `` Thunderer '' , HMS `` Glatton '' , and the two bomb ships HMS `` Lucifer '' and HMS `` Meteor '' , under the command Control of Vice-Admiral Cuthbert Collingwood , commander-in-chief of the British Mediterranean Fleet , sailed Self_motion for the Dardanelles and made preparations for the upcoming assault Attack .