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Revision as of 12:08, 2 July 2019

H.M.S. Enterprise (1919)
Builder: John Brown & Company[1]
Laid down: 28 Jun, 1918[2]
Launched: 23 Dec, 1919[3]
Commissioned: 7 Apr, 1926[4]
Sold: Apr, 1946[5]

Service

Commissioned 7 April, 1926.[6]

Re-commissioned at Chatham on 26 February, 1929 for service with the Fourth Cruiser Squadron in the East Indies.[7]

Re-commissioned at Chatham on 15 October, 1931 for service with the Fourth Cruiser Squadron on the East Indies Station.[8]

Completed to full complement on 27 January, 1936 for service with the Fourth Cruiser Squadron on the East Indies Station.[9]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

Alterations

In the early 1930s, Enterprise's two bow 6-in mountings were replaced by a double mounting.[37]

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 64.
  2. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 64.
  3. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 64.
  4. The Navy List. (July, 1927). p. 237.
  5. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 64.
  6. The Navy List. (July, 1927). p. 237.
  7. The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 237.
  8. The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 237.
  9. The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 237.
  10. The Navy List. (July, 1927). p. 237.
  11. Pridham-Wippell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/14. ff. 177, 253.
  12. Pridham-Wippell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/14. ff. 177, 253.
  13. Phillips Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/173. f. 184.
  14. Phillips Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/173. f. 184.
  15. The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 237.
  16. Darke Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/88. f. ?.
  17. Darke Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/88. f. ?.
  18. The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 237.
  19. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  20. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  21. Superseded that day. O'Donnell Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/56. f. 14.
  22. O'Donnell Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/56. f. 14.
  23. O'Donnell Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/56. f. 14.
  24. Uboat.net page on the man.
  25. Southwell Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/121/129. f. ?.
  26. Southwell Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/121/129. f. ?.
  27. O'Donnell Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/56. f. 14.
  28. O'Donnell Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/56. f. 14.
  29. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  30. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  31. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  32. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  33. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  34. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  35. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  36. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  37. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 64.

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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