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In July 1914, the ship was appropriated 42-foot motor launch No. 255, though the boat was not yet delivered from the contractor.{{AWO1914|122 of 10 July, 1914}}
 
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''Ramillies'' may have been allocated a Mark V table at some point before being given a Mark IV* like her sisters.
 
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Her secondary battery directors were installed in June, 1918.<ref>''The Technical History and Index: Fire Control in H.M. Ships''.  p. 16.</ref>
 
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''Ramillies'' joined her sisters in the {{UK-BS|1}} in November 1917 and remained in that formation through the end of the war and until at at least July 1919.<ref>See {{UK-BS|1}} for citations.</ref>
  
 
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Revision as of 14:24, 10 July 2013

H.M.S. Ramillies (1916)
Pendant Number: 74 (Aug 1914)
98 (Jan 1918)
21 (Apr 1918)[1]
Builder: Beardmore[2]
Ordered: 1913 Programme[3]
Laid down: 12 Nov, 1913[4]
Launched: 12 Sep, 1916[5]
Commissioned: Sep, 1917[6]
Sold: 20 Feb, 1948[7]
Fate: Scrapped

H.M.S. Ramillies was a dreadnought battleship of the Revenge class in the Royal Navy.

Boats

In July 1914, the ship was appropriated 42-foot motor launch No. 255, though the boat was not yet delivered from the contractor.[8]

Dreyer Table

Ramillies may have been allocated a Mark V table at some point before being given a Mark IV* like her sisters.

Alterations

In December, 1914, Open Director Sights were ordered for all[Inference] her turrets. They were likely in place by her completion.[9]

She may have received a Dreyer Torpedo Control Table around 1916, whereas her sisters all received Torpedo Control Plotting Instrument Mark IIs.[10]

Her secondary battery directors were installed in June, 1918.[11]

Career

Ramillies joined her sisters in the First Battle Squadron in November 1917 and remained in that formation through the end of the war and until at at least July 1919.[12]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 34.
  2. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 35.
  3. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 35.
  4. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 35.
  5. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 34.
  6. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 35.
  7. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 34.
  8. ↑ Admiralty Weekly Order No. 122 of 10 July, 1914.
  9. ↑ The Technical History and Index: Fire Control in HM Ships, p. 18.
  10. ↑ Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1916. pp. 27, 29.
  11. ↑ The Technical History and Index: Fire Control in H.M. Ships. p. 16.
  12. ↑ See First Battle Squadron for citations.
  13. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  14. ↑ The Navy List (December, 1918). p. 889.
  15. ↑ The Navy List (August, 1919). p. 889.
  16. ↑ The Monthly Navy List, (December 1920). p. 851.
  17. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  18. ↑ Backhouse Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 206.
  19. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  20. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  21. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  22. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.

Bibliography

  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Parkes, O.B.E., Ass.I.N.A., Dr. Oscar (1990). British Battleships 1860–1950. London: Pen & Sword Ltd. ISBN 0850526043. (on Bookfinder.com).


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