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|align="center" colspan="2"|'''H.M.S. ''Southampton'''''
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|laid=6 Apr, 1911{{Conways1906|p. 53}}
|89 (1914)<br>9A (Jan 1918)<br>35 (Apr 1918)<ref>Dittmar; Colledge.  ''British Warships: 1914-1919''.  p. 46.</ref>
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|[[John Brown]]
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==Service==
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Completed to full crew at Portsmouth, 25 February, 1913.{{NLApr14|p. 375}} Initially attached to the {{UK-BS|1}} Captain [[Arthur Allan Morison Duff|Arthur A. M. Duff]] took command the next month.  She was ordered to transfer to the {{UK-LCS|1}} on 1 July.{{NLJul13|p. 376}}  [[William Edmund Goodenough]] would become captain almost at the same time as this transfer.{{NLApr14|p. 375}}
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===Battle of Jutland===
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''Southampton'' was flagship of the {{UK-LCS|2}}, screening the battlecruisers under the command of Commodore [[William Edmund Goodenough]].{{UKJutlandOD|p. 46}}
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|16 May, 1912
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At about 10pm, ''Southampton'' and her squadron suddenly found themselves in a point-blank gun engagement with German light cruisers on their beam.  Casualties amongst her gun crews in their exposed positions were high.
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The cruiser was equipped with {{Torp|21-in Mark II**|UK}}es, and fired one at high speed setting from the starboard tube at a gyro angle of 15&deg; left at 10.20 or 10.30pm (not clear in hand-corrected source) at a line of five enemy cruisers at 1,500 to 2,000 yards range.  Multiple observers felt it may have hit the foremost ship, whose searchlights went out.<ref>Beatty Papers at the National Maritime Museum.  (BTY ?/?), item 1.</ref>
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===Post-War===
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''Southampton'' recommissioned at Portsmouth on 20 May, 1919.{{NLJan21|p. 865}}
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Paid off into Reserve on 30 August, 1924.{{NLApr25|p. 271}}
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==Alterations==
 
==Alterations==
''Southampton'' was fitted with a director in March, 1918.  This alteration may have required her pole mast to be replaced with a tripod mast for greater rigidity.<ref>''The Technical History and Index: Fire Control in H.M. Ships, 1919''.  pp. 11-12.</ref>
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In October 1914, the ship was to be given 5 Pattern 1582 Electric Radiators to warm cabins whose stoves could not be used for heating them.{{AWO1914|512 of 16 Oct, 1914}}
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A detailed report from the [[Battle of Jutland]] makes it clear that the ship had some form of an elevation-only director at the time of the battle, though its use was as a resort for instances where the target could not be seen by the guns.<ref>Beatty Papers at the National Maritime Museum.  (BTY 6/6), item 1, sections 2 and 11.</ref>
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One source, however, indicates that ''Southampton'' was only fitted with a director in March, 1918, almost certainly referring to a proper Vickers light director outfit.{{INF}} This alteration may have required her pole mast to be replaced with a tripod mast for greater rigidity.{{FCHMShips|pp. 11-12}}
  
{{CAPTAINS}}
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==Captains==
*Captain [[Alfred Ernle Montacute Chatfield, First Baron Chatfield|A. Ernle M. Chatfield]], 24 September, 1912.<ref>Chatfield Service Record.  The National Archives.  ADM 196/43.  f. 346.</ref>
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Dates of appointment are provided when known.
*Captain Basil V. Brooke, 15 February, 1917.<ref>''Navy List'' (December, 1918)p. 909.</ref>
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<div name=fredbot:officeCapt otitle="Captain of H.M.S. ''Southampton''">
*Captain [[Arthur Allan Morison Duff]],  
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Alfred Ernle Montacute Chatfield, First Baron Chatfield|nick=A. Ernle M. Chatfield|appt=24 September, 1912<ref>Chatfield Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43}}.  f. 346.</ref>|precBy=New Command|end=March, 1913<ref>Chatfield Service Record{{TNA|ADM 196/43.}} f. 346.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Arthur Allan Morison Duff|nick=Arthur A. M. Duff|appt=March, 1913{{NLJul13|p. 376}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=William Edmund Goodenough|nick=William E. Goodenough|appt=5 July, 1913{{NLDec16|p. 398''c''}}<ref>Goodenough Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 433.</ref>|end=c. 6 June, 1916<ref>Goodenough Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 433.</ref>|note=as {{Com2RN}} and in command of {{UK-LCS|1}}, then of {{UK-LCS|2}} from February, 1915}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Edward Astley Astley-Rushton|nick=Edward A. Rushton|appt=17 June, 1916<ref>Astley-Rushton Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/45.|}} f. 55.</ref>|end=8 August, 1916<ref>Astley-Rushton Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/45.|}} f. 55.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=William Edmund Goodenough|nick=William E. Goodenough|appt=21 June, 1916<ref>Goodenough Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 433.</ref>|end=c. 5 November, 1916<ref>Goodenough Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 433.</ref>|note=as {{Com2RN}} and in command of {{UK-LCS|2}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=William Edmund Goodenough|nick=William E. Goodenough|appt=18 November, 1916<ref>Goodenough Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 433.</ref>|end=5 December, 1916<ref>Goodenough Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 433.</ref>|note=as {{Com2RN}} and in command of {{UK-LCS|2}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Acting {{CaptRN}}|name=Halton Stirling Lecky|nick=Halton S. Lecky|appt=22 December, 1916<ref>Lecky Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/444.}} f. 513.  In our PDF for [[Benjamin Wingate Barrow]].</ref>|end=16 February, 1917<ref>Lecky Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/444.}} f. 513.  In our PDF for [[Benjamin Wingate Barrow]].</ref>|note=as Flag Captain to Commodore [[Cecil Foley Lambert|Lambert]]}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Basil Vernon Brooke|nick=Basil V. Brooke|appt=15 February, 1917{{NLDec18|p. 909}}|end=1 March, 1919}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Theodore John Hallett|nick=Theodore J. Hallett|appt=3 March, 1919{{NLDec20|p. 865}}|end=}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Lawrence Walter Braithwaite|nick=Lawrence W. Braithwaite|appt=c. late 1919<ref>This Braithwaite Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/504.|D7576642}} f. 507.</ref>|end=November, 1921<ref>Braithwaite Service Record{{TNA|ADM 196/44/504.|D7576642}} f. 507.</ref>|note=and as Chief of Staff to C-in-C, East Indies}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Wilfrid Allan Egerton|nick=Wilfrid A. Egerton|appt=21 October, 1921<ref>Egerton Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/46.|}} f. 106.</ref>|end=October, 1923<ref>Egerton Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/46.|}} f. 106.</ref>|note=as Flag Captain and Chief of Staff to R/A [[Lewis Clinton-Baker]]}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Noel Frank Laurence|nick=Noel F. Laurence|appt=3 October, 1923{{NLJul24|p. 270}}|end=1924<ref>Laurence Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/48/175.|D7576654}} f. 579.</ref>|note=as Flag Captain and Chief of Staff to R/A Herbert W. Richmond}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Alexander Robert Maule Ramsay|nick=The Hon. Alexander R. M. Ramsay|appt=1924<ref>Ramsay Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/45.}} f. 210.</ref>|end=16 August, 1924<ref>Ramsay Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/45.}} f. 210.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}} ('''I''', ''De.'')|name=Melville Adams Hawes|nick=Melville A. Hawes|appt=16 August, 1924<ref>Hawes Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/255.|}} f. 298.</ref>|end=late 1924<ref>Hawes Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/255.|}} f. 298.</ref>|note=ended on paying off}}
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==See Also==
 
==See Also==
{{WP|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Southampton_(1912)}}
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* [http://www.naval-history.net/OWShips-WW1-06-HMS_Southampton.htm Transcribed Ship Logs at naval-history.net]
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* [[Second L.C.S. (Royal Navy) at the Battle of Jutland]]
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{{WP|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Southampton_(1912)}}
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==Footnotes==
 
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==Bibliography==
 
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Latest revision as of 20:48, 6 September 2023

H.M.S. Southampton (1912)
Pendant Number: 89 (1914)
9A (Jan 1918)
35 (Apr 1918)[1]
Builder: John Brown & Company[2]
Laid down: 6 Apr, 1911[3]
Launched: 16 May, 1912[4]
Commissioned: Nov, 1912[5]
Sold:

Service

Completed to full crew at Portsmouth, 25 February, 1913.[6] Initially attached to the First Battle Squadron Captain Arthur A. M. Duff took command the next month. She was ordered to transfer to the First Light Cruiser Squadron on 1 July.[7] William Edmund Goodenough would become captain almost at the same time as this transfer.[8]

Battle of Jutland

Southampton was flagship of the Second Light Cruiser Squadron, screening the battlecruisers under the command of Commodore William Edmund Goodenough.[9]

At about 10pm, Southampton and her squadron suddenly found themselves in a point-blank gun engagement with German light cruisers on their beam. Casualties amongst her gun crews in their exposed positions were high.

The cruiser was equipped with 21-in Mark II** torpedoes, and fired one at high speed setting from the starboard tube at a gyro angle of 15° left at 10.20 or 10.30pm (not clear in hand-corrected source) at a line of five enemy cruisers at 1,500 to 2,000 yards range. Multiple observers felt it may have hit the foremost ship, whose searchlights went out.[10]

Post-War

Southampton recommissioned at Portsmouth on 20 May, 1919.[11]

Paid off into Reserve on 30 August, 1924.[12]

Alterations

In October 1914, the ship was to be given 5 Pattern 1582 Electric Radiators to warm cabins whose stoves could not be used for heating them.[13]

A detailed report from the Battle of Jutland makes it clear that the ship had some form of an elevation-only director at the time of the battle, though its use was as a resort for instances where the target could not be seen by the guns.[14]

One source, however, indicates that Southampton was only fitted with a director in March, 1918, almost certainly referring to a proper Vickers light director outfit.[Inference] This alteration may have required her pole mast to be replaced with a tripod mast for greater rigidity.[15]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 46.
  2. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 46.
  3. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 53.
  4. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 46.
  5. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 53.
  6. The Navy List. (April, 1914). p. 375.
  7. The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 376.
  8. The Navy List. (April, 1914). p. 375.
  9. Battle of Jutland Official Despatches. p. 46.
  10. Beatty Papers at the National Maritime Museum. (BTY ?/?), item 1.
  11. The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 865.
  12. The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 271.
  13. Admiralty Weekly Order No. 512 of 16 Oct, 1914.
  14. Beatty Papers at the National Maritime Museum. (BTY 6/6), item 1, sections 2 and 11.
  15. The Technical History and Index, Vol. 3, Part 23. pp. 11-12.
  16. Chatfield Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 346.
  17. Chatfield Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 346.
  18. The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 376.
  19. The Navy List. (December, 1916). p. 398c.
  20. Goodenough Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 433.
  21. Goodenough Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 433.
  22. Astley-Rushton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45. f. 55.
  23. Astley-Rushton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45. f. 55.
  24. Goodenough Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 433.
  25. Goodenough Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 433.
  26. Goodenough Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 433.
  27. Goodenough Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 433.
  28. Lecky Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/444. f. 513. In our PDF for Benjamin Wingate Barrow.
  29. Lecky Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/444. f. 513. In our PDF for Benjamin Wingate Barrow.
  30. The Navy List. (December, 1918). p. 909.
  31. The Navy List. (December, 1920). p. 865.
  32. This Braithwaite Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/504. f. 507.
  33. Braithwaite Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/504. f. 507.
  34. Egerton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46. f. 106.
  35. Egerton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46. f. 106.
  36. The Navy List. (July, 1924). p. 270.
  37. Laurence Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/175. f. 579.
  38. Ramsay Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45. f. 210.
  39. Ramsay Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45. f. 210.
  40. Hawes Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/255. f. 298.
  41. Hawes Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/255. f. 298.

Bibliography

  • Dittmar, F.J.; Colledge, J.J. (1972). British Warships 1914–1919. London: Ian Allan.
  • Gray, Randal (editor) (1985). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. London: Conway Maritime Press. (on Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk).
  • Admiralty, Gunnery Branch (1918). Handbook of Captain F. C. Dreyer's Fire Control Tables, 1918. C.B. 1456. Copy No. 10 at Admiralty Library, Portsmouth, United Kingdom.
  • 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.


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