H.M.S. Lord Clive (1915)

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H.M.S. Lord Clive (1915)
Pendant Number: M.03 (Apr 1915)
M.08 (Sep 1915)
M.07 (Jan 1918)[1]
Builder: Harland & Wolff[2]
Laid down: 9 Jan, 1915[3]
Launched: 10 Jun, 1915[4]
Commissioned: Jul, 1915[5]
Sold: Oct, 1927[6]

Service

Paid off 26 November, 1918.[7]

On 21 February, 1921, she suffered a premature detonation in her left 15-in gun with an A.P.C. Lyddite shell and full service charge. There were no casualties beyond a slight foot injury.[8]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

Construction

Lord Clive received a very high priority for receiving directors, and the order for her equipment was completed in 1915.[20]

18-inch Monitor

Along with General Wolfe and Prince Eugene, Lord Clive received an 18-inch gun in 1918. The order for her updated bombardment director equipment was completed by October, 1918 and most likely fitted that month.[21][Inference]

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 103.
  2. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 103.
  3. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 45.
  4. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 103.
  5. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 45.
  6. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 103.
  7. The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 802.
  8. Progress in Gunnery Material, 1921. p. 35.
  9. The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 395n.
  10. Carter Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/301. f. 340.
  11. Blount Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 428.
  12. Blount Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 428.
  13. The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 395f.
  14. Collard Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 277.
  15. Watson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/342. f. 385.
  16. Watson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/342. f. 385.
  17. The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 802.
  18. Maxwell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48. f. 451.
  19. Maxwell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48. f. 451.
  20. The Technical History and Index: Fire Control in HM Ships, p. 13.
  21. The Technical History and Index: Fire Control in HM Ships, p. 14.

Bibliography

  • Buxton, Ian L. (1978). Big Gun Monitors: The History of the Design, Construction and Operation of the Royal Navy's Monitors. Tynemouth: World Ship Society. (on Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk).
  • Dittmar, F.J.; Colledge, J.J. (1972). British Warships 1914–1919. London: Ian Allan.
  • Gilbert, Martin (1971). Winston S. Churchill: The Challenge of War 1914–1916. III. New York: Houghton Mifflin Company. ISBN 0395131537.
  • Admiralty, Technical History Section (1919). The Technical History and Index: Fire Control in H.M. Ships. Vol. 3, Part 23. C.B. 1515 (23) now O.U. 6171/14. At The National Archives. ADM 275/19.


Lord Clive Class Monitor
  Earl of Peterborough General Craufurd General Wolfe Lord Clive  
  Prince Eugene Prince Rupert Sir John Moore Sir Thomas Picton  
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