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<blockquote>My cabin was immediately beneath it and the ''Furious'' was built in a very light way, certainly not strong enough to carry a gun like that. Every time she fired it was like a snowstorm in my cabin, only instead of snowflakes sheared rivet-heads would come down from the deckhead and partition.<ref>Moore. ''Early Bird''. p. 97.</ref></blockquote> | <blockquote>My cabin was immediately beneath it and the ''Furious'' was built in a very light way, certainly not strong enough to carry a gun like that. Every time she fired it was like a snowstorm in my cabin, only instead of snowflakes sheared rivet-heads would come down from the deckhead and partition.<ref>Moore. ''Early Bird''. p. 97.</ref></blockquote> | ||
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*{{CaptRN}} [[Wilmot Stuart Nicholson|Wilmot S. Nicholson]], 20 March, 1917.<ref>''Navy List'' (December, 1918). p. 796.</ref> | *{{CaptRN}} [[Wilmot Stuart Nicholson|Wilmot S. Nicholson]], 20 March, 1917.<ref>''Navy List'' (December, 1918). p. 796.</ref> | ||
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Revision as of 21:19, 16 August 2012
Furious was sold for breaking up at Dalmuir and Troon on 23 January, 1948.[1]
Service
Flight Commander William G. Moore later recorded his experience of the after 18-inch firing:
My cabin was immediately beneath it and the Furious was built in a very light way, certainly not strong enough to carry a gun like that. Every time she fired it was like a snowstorm in my cabin, only instead of snowflakes sheared rivet-heads would come down from the deckhead and partition.[2]
Captains
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
- Captain Wilmot S. Nicholson, 20 March, 1917.[3]
Footnotes
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships. p. 37.
- ↑ Moore. Early Bird. p. 97.
- ↑ Navy List (December, 1918). p. 796.
Bibliography
- {{BibCampbellBattlecruisers}
- Dittmar, F.J.; Colledge, J.J. (1972). British Warships 1914–1919. London: Ian Allan.
See Also
