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==Construction==
 
==Construction==
 
===Armament===
 
===Armament===
''Lion'' was equipped with the Vickers-designed<ref>Roberts.  ''Battlecruisers''.  p. 87.</ref> 13.5-inch gun and mounting.  Her mountings were constructed by Armstrongs and fired the lighter 1,250lb projectile, and were designated Mk II.  The gun firing circuits were powered by on-mounting dynamos driven by water-turbine Pelton wheels fed by the hydraulic main.<ref>Roberts.  ''Battlecruisers''.  p. 88.</ref>
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''Lion'' was equipped with the Vickers-designed{{RobertsBattlecruisers|p. 87}} 13.5-inch gun and mounting.  Her mountings were constructed by Armstrongs and fired the lighter 1,250lb projectile, and were designated Mk II.  The gun firing circuits were powered by on-mounting dynamos driven by water-turbine Pelton wheels fed by the hydraulic main.{{RobertsBattlecruisers|p. 88}}
  
 
===Secondary Battery===
 
===Secondary Battery===
''Lion'' differed from ''Princess Royal'' (and probably ''Queen Mary'') in using a P IV* mounting [[Colossus Class Battleship (1910)#Secondary Battery|as in the ''Colossus'' class]] for her sixteen 4-in guns.
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''Lion'' differed from ''Princess Royal'' (and probably ''Queen Mary'') in using a P. IV* mounting [[Colossus Class Battleship (1910)#Secondary Battery|as in the ''Colossus'' class]] for her sixteen 4-in guns.
  
 
===Reconstruction===
 
===Reconstruction===
''Lion'' was taken in hand by Devonport Dockyard on 12 February, 1912.  At that time her acceptance trial was projected to take place on 11 March.<ref>"The Battle Cruiser Lion" (News).  ''The Times''.  Tuesday, 13 February, 1912.  Issue '''39820''', col B, p. 8.</ref>  She commissioned at Devonport on 4 June as Flagship of Rear-Admiral [[Lewis Bayly]].<ref>Roberts.  ''Battlecruisers''.  p. 123.</ref>
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''Lion'' was taken in hand by Devonport Dockyard on 12 February, 1912.  At that time her acceptance trial was projected to take place on 11 March.<ref>"The Battle Cruiser Lion" (News).  ''The Times''.  Tuesday, 13 February, 1912.  Issue '''39820''', col B, p. 8.</ref>  She commissioned at Devonport on 4 June as Flagship of Rear-Admiral [[Lewis Bayly]].{{RobertsBattlecruisers|p. 123}}
  
 
==Career==
 
==Career==
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==Alterations==
 
==Alterations==
In 1913, ''Lion'' was slated as part of the [[British Adoption of the Director#Early Orders|seventeen ship order]] to receive a director.  It was fitted sometime after the war started but prior to May, 1915.<ref>''The Technical History and Index: Fire Control in HM Ships'', pp. 9-10.</ref>
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In 1913, ''Lion'' was slated as part of the [[British Adoption of the Director#Early Orders|seventeen ship order]] to receive a director.  It was fitted sometime after the war started but prior to May, 1915.{{FCHMShips|pp. 9-10}}
  
In May, 1917, in recognition of shortcomings in the use of directing guns, it was ordered that ''Lion'' and ''Princess Royal'' should be fitted with a second tripod-type director aft, as described on the [[Lion_Class_Battlecruiser_(1910)|class page]].  ''Lion'' received her second director during a refit in September, 1918.<ref>''The Technical History and Index: Fire Control in HM Ships'', pp. 18-9.</ref>
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In May, 1917, in recognition of shortcomings in the use of directing guns, it was ordered that ''Lion'' and ''Princess Royal'' should be fitted with a second tripod-type director aft, as described on the [[Lion_Class_Battlecruiser_(1910)|class page]].  ''Lion'' received her second director during a refit in September, 1918.{{FCHMShips|pp. 18-9}}
 
 
==Fate==
 
  
 
==Captains==
 
==Captains==
 
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
 
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
 
*{{CaptRN}} [[Crawford Maclachlan]], 19 September, 1911.<ref>"Naval Appointments" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Monday, 11 September, 1911.  Issue '''39687''', col G, p. 11.</ref>
 
*{{CaptRN}} [[Crawford Maclachlan]], 19 September, 1911.<ref>"Naval Appointments" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Monday, 11 September, 1911.  Issue '''39687''', col G, p. 11.</ref>
*Captain [[Arthur Allan Morison Duff|Arthur A. M. Duff]], November, 1911.<ref>Roberts.  ''Battlecruisers''.  p. 123.</ref>
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*Captain [[Arthur Allan Morison Duff|Arthur A. M. Duff]], November, 1911.{{RobertsBattlecruisers|p. 123}}
 
*Captain [[Alfred Ernle Montacute Chatfield, First Baron Chatfield|A. Ernle M. Chatfield]], 1 March, 1913.<ref>"Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Friday, 7 February, 1913.  Issue '''40129''', col C, p. 11.</ref>
 
*Captain [[Alfred Ernle Montacute Chatfield, First Baron Chatfield|A. Ernle M. Chatfield]], 1 March, 1913.<ref>"Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Friday, 7 February, 1913.  Issue '''40129''', col C, p. 11.</ref>
 
*Captain [[Roger Roland Charles Backhouse|Roger R. C. Backhouse]], 30 November, 1916.<ref>''The Navy List'' (November, 1917).  p. 395''d''.</ref>
 
*Captain [[Roger Roland Charles Backhouse|Roger R. C. Backhouse]], 30 November, 1916.<ref>''The Navy List'' (November, 1917).  p. 395''d''.</ref>
*Captain [[Hugh Francis Paget Sinclair|Hugh F. P. Sinclair]], 22 May, 1918.<ref>Sinclair Service Record.  The National Archives.  ADM 196/43.  f. 368.</ref>
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*Captain [[Hugh Francis Paget Sinclair|Hugh F. P. Sinclair]], 22 May, 1918.<ref>Sinclair Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43}}.  f. 368.</ref>
 
*Captain [[Arthur John Davies|Arthur J. Davies]], May, 1918.<ref>''The Navy List'' (December, 1918).  p. 832.</ref>
 
*Captain [[Arthur John Davies|Arthur J. Davies]], May, 1918.<ref>''The Navy List'' (December, 1918).  p. 832.</ref>
 
*Captain [[Wilfred Tompkinson]], 17 March, 1919.<ref>''The Monthly Navy List'' (August, 1919).  p. 832.</ref>
 
*Captain [[Wilfred Tompkinson]], 17 March, 1919.<ref>''The Monthly Navy List'' (August, 1919).  p. 832.</ref>
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*Captain [[Albert Percy Addison]], January 1920.{{MackieRNW}}
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*Captain [[Reginald St. Pierre Parry]], October 1921.{{MackieRNW}}
  
 
==See Also==
 
==See Also==

Revision as of 15:48, 18 October 2012

H.M.S. Lion (1910)
Pendant Number: 22 (1914)
79 (Jan 1918)
67 (Apr 1918)[1]
Builder: Devonport Royal Dockyard[2]
Ordered: 1909 Programme[3]
Laid down: 29 Nov, 1909[4]
Launched: 6 Aug, 1910[5]
Commissioned: May, 1912[6]
Sold: 31 Jan, 1924[7]
Fate: Scrapped

Construction

Armament

Lion was equipped with the Vickers-designed[8] 13.5-inch gun and mounting. Her mountings were constructed by Armstrongs and fired the lighter 1,250lb projectile, and were designated Mk II. The gun firing circuits were powered by on-mounting dynamos driven by water-turbine Pelton wheels fed by the hydraulic main.[9]

Secondary Battery

Lion differed from Princess Royal (and probably Queen Mary) in using a P. IV* mounting as in the Colossus class for her sixteen 4-in guns.

Reconstruction

Lion was taken in hand by Devonport Dockyard on 12 February, 1912. At that time her acceptance trial was projected to take place on 11 March.[10] She commissioned at Devonport on 4 June as Flagship of Rear-Admiral Lewis Bayly.[11]

Career

Lion taking aboard 13.5-inch shells.
Photo: Library and Archives Canada PA-6591.

Late war Gunnery Officer William Bayard Hynes

Jutland

Main article

The officer in charge of the T/S at Jutland was Sub-Lieutenant R.P. Selby.

According to the notes of Lieutenant-Commander Gerald Fortescue Longhurst, Lion's "A", "B", and "X" turrets expended 314 rounds of 13.5-inch A.P.C. Lyddite shell. "A" turret expended 95, "B" 107, "X" 112, and "Q" turret 12 before loss. At 20:38 "A" turret had 56 rounds per gun remaining, "B" 50, and "X" 50.[12]

Alterations

In 1913, Lion was slated as part of the seventeen ship order to receive a director. It was fitted sometime after the war started but prior to May, 1915.[13]

In May, 1917, in recognition of shortcomings in the use of directing guns, it was ordered that Lion and Princess Royal should be fitted with a second tripod-type director aft, as described on the class page. Lion received her second director during a refit in September, 1918.[14]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 35.
  2. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 35.
  3. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. pp. 28-9.
  4. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 29.
  5. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 35.
  6. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 29.
  7. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 35.
  8. Roberts. Battlecruisers. p. 87.
  9. Roberts. Battlecruisers. p. 88.
  10. "The Battle Cruiser Lion" (News). The Times. Tuesday, 13 February, 1912. Issue 39820, col B, p. 8.
  11. Roberts. Battlecruisers. p. 123.
  12. British Library. Jellicoe Papers. Add. MSS. 49029. f. 107.
  13. The Technical History and Index, Vol. 3, Part 23. pp. 9-10.
  14. The Technical History and Index, Vol. 3, Part 23. pp. 18-9.
  15. "Naval Appointments" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Monday, 11 September, 1911. Issue 39687, col G, p. 11.
  16. Roberts. Battlecruisers. p. 123.
  17. "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Friday, 7 February, 1913. Issue 40129, col C, p. 11.
  18. The Navy List (November, 1917). p. 395d.
  19. Sinclair Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 368.
  20. The Navy List (December, 1918). p. 832.
  21. The Monthly Navy List (August, 1919). p. 832.
  22. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  23. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.

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.
  • Brooks, John (2005). Dreadnought Gunnery and the Battle of Jutland: The Question of Fire Control. Oxon: Routledge. ISBN 0714657026. (on Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk).
  • Admiralty, Gunnery Branch (1917). The Director Firing Handbook. O.U. 6125 (late C.B. 1259). Copy No. 322 at The National Archives. ADM 186/227.
  • 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.
  • Sumida, Jon Tetsuro (1989). In Defence of Naval Supremacy: Finance, Technology and British Naval Policy, 1889-1914. Winchester, Mass.: Unwin Hyman, Inc.. ISBN 0044451040. (on Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk).


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