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==Construction and Acceptance== | ==Construction and Acceptance== | ||
− | When in December 1906 ''Indomitable'''s anchor and hawsepipe arrangements seemed problematic in mock-up, ''Lusitania'' was fitting out in Clydebank, and it was observed that she had a more elegant plan. It was mimicked for ''Inflexible'' and ''Indomitable''. | + | When in December 1906 ''Indomitable'''s anchor and hawsepipe arrangements seemed problematic in mock-up, ''Lusitania'' was fitting out in Clydebank, and it was observed that she had a more elegant plan. It was mimicked for ''Inflexible'' and ''Indomitable''.{{JohnstonClydebankBattlecruisers|p. 16}} |
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+ | ==Navigational Equipment== | ||
+ | The ship was one of seven which tested [[Willis and Robinson Electric Revolution Telegraph]]s. Testing was completed in late 1913.{{AWO1913|607 of 24 Oct, 1913}} | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==Boats== | ||
+ | In July 1914, the ship was appropriated 42-foot motor launch No. 261, though the boat was not yet delivered from the contractor.{{AWO1914|122 of 10 July, 1914}} | ||
==Radio== | ==Radio== | ||
− | ''Indomitable'' received the first sea-going Service Mark II radio set, and conducted range tests to ''Vernon'' while on her voyage to Quebec in 1908. | + | ''Indomitable'' received the first sea-going Service Mark II radio set, and conducted range tests to ''Vernon'' while on her voyage to Quebec in 1908.{{ARTS1908|Wireless Appendix, p. 14}} |
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+ | Sometime before 1913, she may have also had a [[Type 3 Wireless Set|Type 3 Battleship Auxiliary set]], but it was to be replaced by a [[Type 10 Wireless Set|Type 10 Cruiser Auxiliary set]].{{ARTS1913|W/T Appendix, p. 13}} | ||
==Main Battery== | ==Main Battery== | ||
− | ''Indomitable'' incorporated new turret training engines controlled by a single wheel which proved a great advance over earlier equipment. The new gear showed "marked reduction in throw-off and good control of starting, stopping and creep with little effort on the handwheel. | + | ''Indomitable'' incorporated new turret training engines controlled by a single wheel which proved a great advance over earlier equipment. The new gear showed "marked reduction in throw-off and good control of starting, stopping and creep with little effort on the handwheel.{{BrooksDGBJ|p. 46}} |
==Alterations== | ==Alterations== | ||
− | In 1913, ''Indomitable'' was slated as part of the [[British Adoption of the Director#Early Orders|seventeen ship order]] to receive a director. It was fitted | + | ===Armament=== |
+ | The 4-inch guns on top of "P" and "Q" turrets were not removed until 16 June, 1916.<ref>Diary of [[Arthur Frank Capel Layard|Frank Layard]]. Entry for 16 June, 1916. Layard Papers. National Museum of the Royal Navy. RNM 1990/271/3.</ref> | ||
+ | |||
+ | ===Directors=== | ||
+ | In 1913, ''Indomitable'' was slated as part of the [[British Adoption of the Director#Early Orders|seventeen ship order]] to receive a director. It was fitted after December, 1915 and shortly before the [[Battle of Jutland]],{{FCHMShips|pp. 9-11}} as her first-ever test firing with it occurred on 23 May, 1916 and – while a success – its newness prompted the choice to not employ it at Jutland.{{ArthurTrueGlory|pp. 72-3}} | ||
+ | |||
+ | ===Spotting=== | ||
+ | In late 1913, the ship landed a Pattern 740 Zeiss stereo spotting telescope Mark II at Portsmouth in order to take on a Ross Pattern 873 model for a three-month comparative evaluation.{{AWO1913|662 of 21 Nov, 1913}} | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==Service== | ||
+ | ''Indomitable'' cruised to Quebec in July 1908 in order to convey the Prince of Wales back to Britain. Departing on 29 July, she sighted land at Cowes on 940pm 3 August, having averaged over 25 knots for the entire passage. The eventual King George took an opportunity, during the passage, to visit a stokehold and assist by shoveling some coal into the boilers.{{ToL|The Doom of the Dreadnoughts|15 Nov. 1919, p. 12}} | ||
− | = | + | On 23 February, 1909, Fleet Paymaster [[Henry de Courcy Ward]] reported to Captain [[Herbert Goodenough King-Hall]] that £2,900 of public money was missing from the safe in his cabin. A Court Martial was convened aboard {{UK-Acheron|f=p}} on 25 May, 1909, and Ward was found guilty on a charge of having failed to keep the keys to the safe on his person as required by the King's Regulations. He was sentenced to be severely reprimanded.{{ToL|The Theft from the Indomitable|26 May 1909, p. 9}} |
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− | + | ''Indomitable'' recommissioned at Chatham on 21 February 1912.{{NLJul13|p. 331}} | |
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− | ==Jutland== | + | She recommissioned at Sheerness on 10 February, 1914.{{NLApr14|p. 329}} |
− | :< | + | |
+ | ===Pursuit of ''Goeben'' and ''Breslau''=== | ||
+ | {{Main|Pursuit of Goeben and Breslau}} | ||
+ | ''Indomitable'', along with {{UK-Indefatigable|f=p}}, shadowed the German {{DE-Goeben|f=t}} and {{DE-Breslau|f=t}} on 4 August, 1914 after the German ships had bombarded the French Algerian port of Phillipeville. | ||
+ | |||
+ | ===Battle of Dogger Bank=== | ||
+ | :{{Main|Battle of Dogger Bank}} | ||
+ | |||
+ | ===Jutland=== | ||
+ | :{{Main|H.M.S. Indomitable at the Battle of Jutland}} | ||
+ | Captain [[Francis William Kennedy|Francis W. Kennedy]] was in command. She expended 164 rounds of 12-in Lyddite.<ref>Letter from Kennedy to Admiral of the Fleet [[Gerard Henry Uctred Noel|Gerard Noel]] dated 10 October, 1916 at National Maritime Museum, NOE/5/1.</ref> | ||
+ | |||
+ | ===Post-War=== | ||
+ | |||
+ | It was decided in November 1919 that ''Indomitable'' was to be the first of the British battlecruisers to be scrapped.{{ToL|The Doom of the Dreadnoughts|15 Nov. 1919, p. 12}} | ||
+ | |||
+ | She paid off at the Nore on 31 March, 1920.{{NLJan21|p. 792}} | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==Captains== | ||
+ | Dates of appointment are provided when known. | ||
+ | <div name=fredbot:officeCapt otitle="Captain of H.M.S. ''Indomitable''"> | ||
+ | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Herbert Goodenough King-Hall|nick=Herbert G. King-Hall|appt=16 April, 1908<ref>"Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). ''The Times''. Friday, 17 April, 1908. Issue '''38623''', col E, p. 9.</ref>{{NLJul09|p. 331}}|precBy=New Command|end=26 July, 1909<ref>King-Hall Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}} f. 42.</ref>}} | ||
+ | {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Charles Martin-de-Bartolomé|nick=Charles Martin-de-Bartolomé|appt=26 July, 1909{{RobertsBattlecruisers|p. 122}}<ref>Bartolomé Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}} f. 208.</ref>|end=3 January, 1911<ref>Bartolomé Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}} f. 208.</ref>|note=and as Flag Captain}} | ||
+ | {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Arthur Allan Morison Duff|nick=Arthur A. M. Duff|appt=3 January, 1911{{RobertsBattlecruisers|p. 122}}{{NLApr11|p. 331}}|end=}} | ||
+ | {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Crawford Maclachlan|nick=Crawford Maclachlan|appt=November, 1911<ref>Maclachlan Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/42/449.|D8112190}} f. 46.</ref>|end=1 February, 1912<ref>Maclachlan Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/42/449.|D8112190}} f. 46.</ref>}} | ||
+ | {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=George Henry Baird|nick=George H. Baird|appt=21 February, 1912{{RobertsBattlecruisers|p. 122}}|end= 11 November, 1912<ref>Baird Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43}}. f. 249.</ref>}} | ||
+ | {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Francis William Kennedy|nick=Francis W. Kennedy|appt=11 December, 1912<ref>Kennedy Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}} f. 131.</ref>{{NLOct15|p. 395''a''}}|note=in command at [[Battle of Jutland]]|end=7 June, 1916<ref>Kennedy Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}} f. 131.</ref>}} | ||
+ | {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Michael Henry Hodges|nick=Michael H. Hodges|appt=7 June, 1916{{NLDec16|p. 395''j''}}<ref>Hodges Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}} f. 471.</ref>|end=13 August, 1917<ref>Hodges Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}} f. 471.</ref>}} | ||
+ | {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Ernest Kindersley Loring|nick=Ernest K. Loring|appt=13 August, 1917{{NLNov17|p. 394''q''}}<ref>Loring Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}} f. 103.</ref>|end=16 January, 1919<ref>Loring Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}} f. 103.</ref>}} | ||
+ | {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Hugh Lindsay Patrick Heard|nick=Hugh L. P. Heard|appt=16 January, 1919{{NLFeb19|p. 819}}<ref>Heard Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43.|}} f. 84.</ref>|end=1 March, 1919<ref>Heard Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43.|}} f. 84.</ref>}} | ||
+ | {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Henry Rawdon Veale|nick=Henry R. Veale|appt=1 March, 1919<ref>Veale Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43/305.|D7602634}} f. 335.</ref>{{NLAug19|p. 819}}|end=31 March, 1920<ref>Veale Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43/305.|D7602634}} f. 335.</ref>}} | ||
+ | </div name=fredbot:officeCapt> | ||
==See Also== | ==See Also== | ||
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+ | {{WP|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Indomitable_(1907)}} | ||
+ | {{refend}} | ||
==Footnotes== | ==Footnotes== | ||
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==Bibliography== | ==Bibliography== | ||
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Latest revision as of 11:17, 21 May 2024
H.M.S. Indomitable (1907) | |
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Pendant Number: | 77 (1914) 75 (Jan 1918) 05 (Apr, 1918)[1] |
Builder: | Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company, Govan[2] |
Laid down: | 1 Mar, 1906[3] |
Launched: | 16 Mar, 1907[4] |
Commissioned: | 25 Jun, 1908[5] |
Sold: | 1 Dec, 1921[6] |
Fate: | Scrapped |
Construction and Acceptance
When in December 1906 Indomitable's anchor and hawsepipe arrangements seemed problematic in mock-up, Lusitania was fitting out in Clydebank, and it was observed that she had a more elegant plan. It was mimicked for Inflexible and Indomitable.[7]
Construction Costs, pounds Sterling[8] | |
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Hull and fittings | 801,066 |
Propelling and Machinery | 476,539 |
Hydraulics and Air Compressing | 325,708 |
Gun mountings | 12,979 |
Total | 1,617,791 |
The ship was one of seven which tested Willis and Robinson Electric Revolution Telegraphs. Testing was completed in late 1913.[9]
Boats
In July 1914, the ship was appropriated 42-foot motor launch No. 261, though the boat was not yet delivered from the contractor.[10]
Radio
Indomitable received the first sea-going Service Mark II radio set, and conducted range tests to Vernon while on her voyage to Quebec in 1908.[11]
Sometime before 1913, she may have also had a Type 3 Battleship Auxiliary set, but it was to be replaced by a Type 10 Cruiser Auxiliary set.[12]
Main Battery
Indomitable incorporated new turret training engines controlled by a single wheel which proved a great advance over earlier equipment. The new gear showed "marked reduction in throw-off and good control of starting, stopping and creep with little effort on the handwheel.[13]
Alterations
Armament
The 4-inch guns on top of "P" and "Q" turrets were not removed until 16 June, 1916.[14]
Directors
In 1913, Indomitable was slated as part of the seventeen ship order to receive a director. It was fitted after December, 1915 and shortly before the Battle of Jutland,[15] as her first-ever test firing with it occurred on 23 May, 1916 and – while a success – its newness prompted the choice to not employ it at Jutland.[16]
Spotting
In late 1913, the ship landed a Pattern 740 Zeiss stereo spotting telescope Mark II at Portsmouth in order to take on a Ross Pattern 873 model for a three-month comparative evaluation.[17]
Service
Indomitable cruised to Quebec in July 1908 in order to convey the Prince of Wales back to Britain. Departing on 29 July, she sighted land at Cowes on 940pm 3 August, having averaged over 25 knots for the entire passage. The eventual King George took an opportunity, during the passage, to visit a stokehold and assist by shoveling some coal into the boilers.[18]
On 23 February, 1909, Fleet Paymaster Henry de Courcy Ward reported to Captain Herbert Goodenough King-Hall that £2,900 of public money was missing from the safe in his cabin. A Court Martial was convened aboard H.M.S. Acheron on 25 May, 1909, and Ward was found guilty on a charge of having failed to keep the keys to the safe on his person as required by the King's Regulations. He was sentenced to be severely reprimanded.[19]
Indomitable recommissioned at Chatham on 21 February 1912.[20]
She recommissioned at Sheerness on 10 February, 1914.[21]
Pursuit of Goeben and Breslau
- Main article: Pursuit of Goeben and Breslau
Indomitable, along with H.M.S. Indefatigable, shadowed the German battlecruiser Goeben and light cruiser Breslau on 4 August, 1914 after the German ships had bombarded the French Algerian port of Phillipeville.
Battle of Dogger Bank
- Main article: Battle of Dogger Bank
Jutland
- Main article: H.M.S. Indomitable at the Battle of Jutland
Captain Francis W. Kennedy was in command. She expended 164 rounds of 12-in Lyddite.[22]
Post-War
It was decided in November 1919 that Indomitable was to be the first of the British battlecruisers to be scrapped.[23]
She paid off at the Nore on 31 March, 1920.[24]
Captains
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
- Captain Herbert G. King-Hall, 16 April, 1908[25][26] – 26 July, 1909[27]
- Captain Charles Martin-de-Bartolomé, 26 July, 1909[28][29] – 3 January, 1911[30] (and as Flag Captain)
- Captain Arthur A. M. Duff, 3 January, 1911[31][32]
- Captain Crawford Maclachlan, November, 1911[33] – 1 February, 1912[34]
- Captain George H. Baird, 21 February, 1912[35] – 11 November, 1912[36]
- Captain Francis W. Kennedy, 11 December, 1912[37][38] – 7 June, 1916[39] (in command at Battle of Jutland)
- Captain Michael H. Hodges, 7 June, 1916[40][41] – 13 August, 1917[42]
- Captain Ernest K. Loring, 13 August, 1917[43][44] – 16 January, 1919[45]
- Captain Hugh L. P. Heard, 16 January, 1919[46][47] – 1 March, 1919[48]
- Captain Henry R. Veale, 1 March, 1919[49][50] – 31 March, 1920[51]
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 35.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 24.
- ↑ Clydebank Battlecruisers. p. 15.
- ↑ Clydebank Battlecruisers. p. 16.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 24.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 35.
- ↑ Clydebank Battlecruisers. p. 16.
- ↑ Clydebank Battlecruisers. p. 16.
- ↑ Admiralty Weekly Order No. 607 of 24 Oct, 1913.
- ↑ Admiralty Weekly Order No. 122 of 10 July, 1914.
- ↑ Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1908. Wireless Appendix, p. 14.
- ↑ Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1913. W/T Appendix, p. 13.
- ↑ Brooks. Dreadnought Gunnery. p. 46.
- ↑ Diary of Frank Layard. Entry for 16 June, 1916. Layard Papers. National Museum of the Royal Navy. RNM 1990/271/3.
- ↑ The Technical History and Index, Vol. 3, Part 23. pp. 9-11.
- ↑ Arthur. The True Glory. pp. 72-3.
- ↑ Admiralty Weekly Order No. 662 of 21 Nov, 1913.
- ↑ "The Doom of the Dreadnoughts." The Times (London, England), 15 Nov. 1919, p. 12.
- ↑ "The Theft from the Indomitable." The Times (London, England), 26 May 1909, p. 9.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 331.
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1914). p. 329.
- ↑ Letter from Kennedy to Admiral of the Fleet Gerard Noel dated 10 October, 1916 at National Maritime Museum, NOE/5/1.
- ↑ "The Doom of the Dreadnoughts." The Times (London, England), 15 Nov. 1919, p. 12.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 792.
- ↑ "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Friday, 17 April, 1908. Issue 38623, col E, p. 9.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1909). p. 331.
- ↑ King-Hall Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 42.
- ↑ Roberts. Battlecruisers. p. 122.
- ↑ Bartolomé Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 208.
- ↑ Bartolomé Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 208.
- ↑ Roberts. Battlecruisers. p. 122.
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1911). p. 331.
- ↑ Maclachlan Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42/449. f. 46.
- ↑ Maclachlan Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42/449. f. 46.
- ↑ Roberts. Battlecruisers. p. 122.
- ↑ Baird Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 249.
- ↑ Kennedy Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 131.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 395a.
- ↑ Kennedy Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 131.
- ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1916). p. 395j.
- ↑ Hodges Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 471.
- ↑ Hodges Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 471.
- ↑ The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 394q.
- ↑ Loring Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 103.
- ↑ Loring Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 103.
- ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 819.
- ↑ Heard Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 84.
- ↑ Heard Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 84.
- ↑ Veale Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/305. f. 335.
- ↑ The Navy List. (August, 1919). p. 819.
- ↑ Veale Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/305. f. 335.
Bibliography
- Dittmar, F.J.; Colledge, J.J. (1972). British Warships 1914–1919. London: Ian Allan.
- 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.
- Parkes, O.B.E., Ass.I.N.A., Dr. Oscar (1990). British Battleships 1860–1950. London: Pen & Sword Ltd. ISBN 0850526043. (on Bookfinder.com).
- Roberts, John (1997). Battlecruisers. London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 186176006X. Annapolis: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 1557500681. (on Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk).
- Johnston, Ian (2011). Clydebank Battlecruisers: Forgotten Photographs from John Brown's Shipyard. South Yorkshire: Seaforth Publishing, Pen & Sword Books. (on Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk).
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