H.M.S. Lion (1910)

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H.M.S. Lion
Career Details
Pendant Number: 67 (Apr 1918)[1]
Built By: Devonport Royal Dockyard
Laid Down: 29 November, 1909
Launched: 6 August, 1910
Commissioned: 4 June, 1912
Sold: 31 January, 1924
Fate: Scrapped

Career

Lion taking aboard 13.5-inch shells.
Photo: Library and Archives Canada PA-6591.

Late war Gunnery Officer William Bayard Hynes

Officer in charge of T/S at Jutland Sub-Lieutenant R.P. Selby

Alterations

In 1913, Lion was slated as part of the seventeen ship order to receive a director. It was fitted sometime after the war started but prior to May, 1915.[2]

In May, 1917, in recognition of shortcomings in the use of directing guns, it was ordered that Lion and Princess Royal should be fitted with a second tripod-type director aft, as described on the class page. Lion received her second director during a refit in September, 1918.[3]

Fate

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919
  2. The Technical History and Index: Fire Control in HM Ships, pp. 9-10.
  3. The Technical History and Index: Fire Control in HM Ships, pp. 18-9.

Bibliography

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