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<div name=fredbot:career>{{ShipCareer|fullname=H.M.S. ''Hercules'' (1910)|fate2=Scrapped |comm=31 Jul, 1911 |fatedate=8 Nov, 1921{{DittColl|p. 32}} |order= |name=Hercules |launch=10 May, 1910{{DittColl|p. 32}} |builder=[[Palmer]], Hebburn{{DittColl|p. 32}} |laid=30 Jul, 1909{{Conways1906|p. 26}} |fate=Sold |pend=47 (1914)<br>69 (Jan 1918)<br>54 (Apr 1918){{DittColl|p. 32}} |fg=white|bg=crimson}}</div name=fredbot:career> ==Radio== At the end of 1912, she had one of the twelve [[British_Wireless_Systems#Short_Distance_Set|Short Distance Radio Sets]] then installed in sea-going ships of five-mile range, situated behind armour near the fore bridge.{{ARTS1912|W/T Appendix, p. 8}} ==Alterations== In 1913, ''Hercules'' was slated as part of the [[British Adoption of the Director#Early Orders|seventeen ship order]] to receive a director. It was fitted sometime between May and December, 1915.{{FCHMShips|pp. 9-10}} In June 1914, the ship was directed to return its [[Waymouth-Cooke Rangefinder]] to the manufacturer to replace the long telescope with a shorter one.{{AWO1914|68 of 26 June 1914}} By the end of 1915, and probably during 1915, she received one of the first three sets of [[Walker's Instruments]], presumably for trial.{{ARTS1915|p. 60}} ==Service== From at least December 1913, she served in the {{UK-BS|1}}. She left Scapa for refit at Liverpool at 04:00 on 6 November, 1915, arriving at Liverpool on 08:30 on the 7th.<ref>Jellicoe Papers. British Library. Add MS 49001. f. 7.</ref> ===Jutland=== :{{Main|H.M.S. Hercules at the Battle of Jutland}} ''Hercules'' operated as part of the {{UK-BS|1}} in the battle, firing 98 12-in shells under the command of Captain [[Lewis Clinton-Baker]]. ===Late War=== After Jutland, ''Hercules'' was transferred to the {{UK-BS|4}} to become that formation's flagship. ===Post-War=== In February 1919, she was sent to Rosyth when the Fourth was disestablished,<ref>See {{UK-BS|1}} and {{UK-BS|4}} pages for references.</ref> reducing to reserve on 31 January 1919 and becoming flagship of the Reserve Fleet there by mid 1920.{{NLJan21|pp. 785, 786}} ==Radio== By the end of 1913, she and the rest of the {{UK-BS|1}} were all equipped with [[British_Wireless_Systems#Short_Distance_Set|Battleship Auxiliary W/T sets]].{{ARTS1913|W/T Appendix, p. 13}} ==Captains== Dates of appointment are provided when known. <div name=fredbot:officeCapt otitle="Captain of H.M.S. ''Hercules''">{{TenureListBegin|Captain of {{UK-Hercules|f=p}}}} {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Mark Edward Frederic Kerr|nick=Mark E. F. Kerr|appt=February, 1911<ref>Kerr Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}} f. 30.</ref>|end=March, 1911<ref>Kerr Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}} f. 30.</ref>|precBy=New Command|note=to conduct trials}} {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Frederick Dundas Gilpin-Brown|nick=Frederick D. Gilpin-Brown|appt=6 June, 1911<ref>Gilpin-Brown Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}} f. 395.</ref>|end=24 July, 1911<ref>Gilpin-Brown Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}} f. 395.</ref>}} {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Allan Frederic Everett|nick=Allan F. Everett|appt=24 July, 1911<ref>Everett Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}} f. 23.</ref>|note=and as Flag Captain|end=5 December, 1911<ref>Everett Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}} f. 23.</ref>}} {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Ronald Arthur Hopwood|nick=Ronald A. Hopwood|appt=19 December, 1911<ref>Hopwood Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43.|D7602364}} f. 16.</ref>|end=20 January, 1913<ref>Hopwood Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43.|D7602364}} f. 16.</ref>}} {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=George Henry Baird|nick=George H. Baird|appt=20 January, 1913{{NLMar13|p. 323}}}} {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Mark Edward Frederic Kerr|nick=Mark E. F. Kerr|appt=7 March, 1913{{NLJun13|p. 232}}|end=21 June, 1913<ref>Kerr Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}} f. 30.</ref>}} {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Henry Harvey Bruce|nick=Henry H. Bruce|appt=21 June, 1913{{NLDec14|p. 329}}|end=23 April, 1915<ref>Bruce Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}} f. 85.</ref>}} {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Lewis Clinton-Baker|nick=Lewis Clinton-Baker|appt=23 April, 1915{{NLOct15|p. 394''n''}}|end=after 1 June, 1916{{UKJutlandOD|p. 43}}|note=in command at [[Battle of Jutland]]}} {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Henry Wise Parker|nick=Henry W. Parker|appt=June, 1916{{NLDec16|p. 395''c''}}|end=12 February, 1918<ref>Parker Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/44.}} f. 156.</ref>|note=and as Flag Captain on transfer of flag}} {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Alexander Lowndes|nick=Alexander Lowndes|appt=12 February, 1918{{NLFeb19|p. 812}}<ref>Lowndes Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}} f. 470.</ref>|end=30 March, 1919<ref>Lowndes Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}} f. 470.</ref>|note=and as Chief of Staff to Vice-Admiral Commanding {{UK-BS|4}}}} {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Herbert Algernon Adam|nick=Herbert A. Adam|appt=1 April, 1919<ref>Adam Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}} f. 232.</ref>|end=31 July, 1919<ref>Adam Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}} f. 232.</ref>|note=and for command of a group of vessels at Rosyth}} {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=James Tobin Bush|nick=James T. Bush|appt=1 August, 1919{{NLAug19|p. 812}}}} {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Ralph Eliot|nick=Ralph Eliot|appt=15 May, 1920{{NLDec20|p. 785}}}} {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Reginald St. Pierre Parry|nick=Reginald St. P. Parry|appt=1 July, 1921<ref>Parry Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/45.}} f. 34.</ref>|ass=1 July, 1921<ref>Parry Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/45.}} f. 34.</ref>|end=October, 1921<ref>Parry Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/91.}} f. 39.</ref>|note=and as Flag Captain to R/A [[Charles Blois Miller|C. B. Miller]]}} {{TenureListEnd}} </div name=fredbot:officeCapt> ==See Also== {{refbegin}} {{WP|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Hercules_(1910)}} {{refend}} ==Footnotes== {{reflist}} ==Bibliography== {{refbegin}} *{{DittColl}} *{{FCHMShips}} *{{ParkesBritishBattleships}} {{refend}} {{Footer Colossus Class Battleship (1910)}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Hercules}} {{CatShipDreadnought|UK}}

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