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*Captain [[Eustace La Trobe Leatham|Eustace La T. Leatham]], 15 February, 1917.<ref>''The Navy List'' (December, 1918).  p. 821.  Exact date in February inferred from Chatfield Service Record.</ref>
 
*Captain [[Eustace La Trobe Leatham|Eustace La T. Leatham]], 15 February, 1917.<ref>''The Navy List'' (December, 1918).  p. 821.  Exact date in February inferred from Chatfield Service Record.</ref>
 
*Captain [[William Wordsworth Fisher|William W. Fisher]], 2 January, 1919.<ref>''The Navy List'' (August, 1919).  p. 821.</ref>
 
*Captain [[William Wordsworth Fisher|William W. Fisher]], 2 January, 1919.<ref>''The Navy List'' (August, 1919).  p. 821.</ref>
*Captain Arthur E. F. Bedford, May 1919.{{MackieRNW}}
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*Captain [[Arthur E. F. Bedford]], May 1919.{{MackieRNW}}
 
*Captain [[Richard Augustus Sandys Hill]], July 1919.{{MackieRNW}}
 
*Captain [[Richard Augustus Sandys Hill]], July 1919.{{MackieRNW}}
 
*Captain [[Martin Eric Dunbar-Nasmith]], August 1921.{{MackieRNW}}
 
*Captain [[Martin Eric Dunbar-Nasmith]], August 1921.{{MackieRNW}}
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*Captain [[Francis Murray Austin]], August 1927.{{MackieRNW}}
 
*Captain [[Francis Murray Austin]], August 1927.{{MackieRNW}}
 
*Captain [[Kenneth Gilbert Balmain Dewar]], May 1929.{{MackieRNW}}
 
*Captain [[Kenneth Gilbert Balmain Dewar]], May 1929.{{MackieRNW}}
*Captain Edward C. Boyle, August 1929.{{MackieRNW}}
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*Captain [[Edward C. Boyle]], August 1929.{{MackieRNW}}
*Captain Richard M. King, October 1932.{{MackieRNW}}
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*Captain [[Richard M. King]], October 1932.{{MackieRNW}}
*Captain Hamilton C. Allen, October, 1933.{{MackieRNW}}
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*Captain [[Hamilton C. Allen]], October, 1933.{{MackieRNW}}
*Captain Francis H. G. Walker, January 1935.{{MackieRNW}}
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*Captain [[Francis H. G. Walker]], January 1935.{{MackieRNW}}
*Captain Charles Farquhar-Smith, May 1936.{{MackieRNW}}
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*Captain [[Charles Farquhar-Smith]], May 1936.{{MackieRNW}}
*Captain Alfred J. L. Phillips, October 1937.{{MackieRNW}}
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*Captain [[Alfred J. L. Phillips]], October 1937.{{MackieRNW}}
*Captain Robert D. Oliver, January 1939.{{MackieRNW}}
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*Captain [[Robert D. Oliver]], January 1939.{{MackieRNW}}
  
 
==See Also==
 
==See Also==

Revision as of 21:22, 22 October 2012

H.M.S. Iron Duke (1912)
Pendant Number: 94 (Aug 1914)
76 (Jan 1918)
14 (Apr 1918)[1]
Builder: Portsmouth Royal Dockyard[2]
Ordered: 1911 Programme[3]
Laid down: 12 Jan, 1912[4]
Launched: 12 Oct, 1912[5]
Commissioned: 10 Mar, 1914
Sold: 2 Mar, 1946[6]
Fate: Scrapped


Construction

The keel of the battleship to be known as Iron Duke was laid on 15 January, 1912 at Portsmouth Royal Dockyard. The first keel-plate was laid by Miss Evelyn Moore, sister of the Commander-in-Chief, Portsmouth, Sir Arthur W. Moore. Also present was the Admiral Superintendent Rear-Admiral Alban G. Tate and Mrs. Tate, Mr. J. Apsey (manager of the Constructive Department) and Mrs. Apsey, Captain William B. Fawckner (Captain of the Dockyard) and Mrs. Fawckner, and other officials.[7]

Alterations

In 1913, Iron Duke was slated as part of the twelve ship order to receive a director along the lines of that developed in Neptune. She was fully equipped sometime in 1914 prior to the start of the war.[8] Her class received their directors after King George V received hers, and likely to a similar design, placing the light aloft tower atop the spotting top.[9]

Her secondary battery directors were installed in May, 1917.[10]

Jutland

Reports

Scrapping

Iron Duke was refloated by Metal Industries on 19 April, 1946 and on 19 August arrived at their newly-leased premises at No. 1 Military Port (Faslane). Her hulk was beached for final demolition at the Smith & Houston yard at Port Glasgow in November, 1948 as the beaching ground at Faslane had not yet been completed.

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 33.
  2. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 33.
  3. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 31.
  4. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 31.
  5. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 33.
  6. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 33.
  7. "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Tuesday, 16 January, 1912. Issue 39796, col B, p. 13.
  8. The Technical History and Index: Fire Control in HM Ships, pp. 9-10.
  9. Letter in D'Eyncourt Papers at the National Maritime Museum's Caird Library, DEY/27
  10. The Technical History and Index: Fire Control in HM Ships, p. 16.
  11. The Navy List (December, 1914). p. 339.
  12. The Navy List (December, 1916). p. 395m.
  13. Chatfield Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 346.
  14. The Navy List (December, 1918). p. 821. Exact date in February inferred from Chatfield Service Record.
  15. The Navy List (August, 1919). p. 821.
  16. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  17. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  18. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  19. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  20. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  21. Henley Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45. f. 44.
  22. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  23. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  24. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  25. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  26. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  27. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  28. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  29. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  30. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  31. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  32. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.

Bibliography


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