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Completed in 1909, '''H.M.S. ''Boadicea''''' was one of two cruisers in [[Boadicea Class Cruiser (1908)|her class]].  She served as flagship of the {{UK-DF|3}} during the period from 1910-1912 (at least), under the flag of [[Robert Keith Arbuthnot, Fourth Baronet|Robert Arbuthnot]].
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Completed in 1909, '''H.M.S. ''Boadicea''''' was one of seven scout cruisers in [[Boadicea Class Cruiser (1908)|her class]].  She served as flagship of the {{UK-DF|3}} during the period from 1910-1912 (at least), under the flag of [[Robert Keith Arbuthnot, Fourth Baronet|Robert Arbuthnot]].
  
 
==Navigational Equipment==
 
==Navigational Equipment==

Revision as of 16:49, 31 December 2012

H.M.S. Boadicea (1908)
Pendant Number: 4C (1914)
19 (Jan 1918)
11 (Apr 1918)[1]
Builder: Pembroke Royal Dockyard[2]
Ordered: 1907 Programme[3]
Laid down: 1 Jun, 1907[4]
Launched: 14 May, 1908[5]
Commissioned: Jun, 1909[6]
Sold: 13 Jul, 1926[7]
Fate: to Alloa, Rosyth[8]

Completed in 1909, H.M.S. Boadicea was one of seven scout cruisers in her class. She served as flagship of the Third Destroyer Flotilla during the period from 1910-1912 (at least), under the flag of Robert Arbuthnot.

Navigational Equipment

The ship was one of seven which tested Willis and Robinson Electric Revolution Telegraphs; all the other ships were much larger than she. Testing was completed in late 1913.[9]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 45.
  2. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 50.
  3. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 50.
  4. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 50.
  5. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 50.
  6. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 50.
  7. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 45.
  8. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 45.
  9. Admiralty Weekly Order No. 607 of 24 Oct, 1913.
  10. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  11. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  12. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  13. The Navy List (October, 1915). p. 392l.
  14. Naval Operations. Volume I. p. 438.
  15. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  16. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  17. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.

Bibliography


Boadicea Class Scout Cruiser
Boadicea Group
  Boadicea Bellona  
Blonde Group
  Blonde Blanche  
Active Group
  Active Amphion Fearless  
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