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Revision as of 16:50, 14 September 2012
| Career | Details |
|---|---|
| Pendant Number: | 21 (April, 1918)[1] |
| Ordered: | 1913-1914 Programme |
| Built By: | Beardmore, Parkhead |
| Laid Down: | 12 November, 1913 |
| Launched: | 12 September, 1916 |
| Commissioned: | May, 1917 |
| Sold: | 20 February, 1948 |
| Fate: | Scrapped |
H.M.S. Ramillies was a dreadnought battleship of the Revenge class in the Royal Navy.
Contents
Dreyer Table
Ramillies may have been allocated a Mark V table at some point before being given a Mark IV* like her sisters.
Miscellaneous
Alterations
In December, 1914, Open Director Sights were ordered for all[Inference] her turrets. They were likely in place by her completion.[2]
She may have received a Dreyer Torpedo Control Table around 1916, whereas her sisters all received Torpedo Control Plotting Instrument Mark IIs.[3]
Her secondary battery directors were installed in June, 1918.[4]
Captains
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
- Captain Edmund P. F. G. Grant, July, 1917.[5]
- Captain John Luce, 1 February, 1919.[6]
- Captain Oliver Backhouse, 6 April, 1919. (Temporarily.)[7]
- Captain Wilfrid Nunn,
- Captain Ernest Wigram,
- Captain George Ronald Beddard Blount,
- Captain Francis Herbert Mitchell,
- Captain Hubert Seeds Monroe,
- Captain Cecil Dacre Staveley Raikes,
- Captain Alfred Hugh Taylor,
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. p. 34.
- ↑ The Technical History and Index: Fire Control in HM Ships, p. 18.
- ↑ Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1916, pp. 27, 29.
- ↑ The Technical History and Index: Fire Control in H.M. Ships. p. 16.
- ↑ The Navy List (December, 1918). p. 889.
- ↑ The Navy List (August, 1919). p. 889.
- ↑ Backhouse Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 206.
Bibliography
- Template:BibUKDirectorFiringHandbook1917
- Template:DreyerTableH1918
- Dittmar, F.J.; Colledge, J.J. (1972). British Warships 1914–1919. London: Ian Allan.
- Template:BibUKFireControlInHMShips1919
- Parkes, O.B.E., Ass.I.N.A., Dr. Oscar (1990). British Battleships 1860–1950. London: Pen & Sword Ltd. ISBN 0850526043. (on Bookfinder.com).
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