H.M.S. Dauntless (1918)
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| Pendant Number: | 71 (Nov 1918)[1] |
| Builder: | Palmer[2] |
| Laid down: | 3 Jan, 1917[3] |
| Launched: | 10 Apr, 1918[4] |
| Commissioned: | 26 Nov, 1918[5] |
| Sold: | Feb, 1946[6] |
| Fate: | Broken up |
Service
Dauntless was completed with a gunnery director installation.[7]
Dauntless was re-commissioned at Devonport on 5 September, 1923 for service with the First Cruiser Squadron in the Mediterranean.[8]
Re-commissioned at Portsmouth on 2 April, 1935.[9]
Captains
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
- Captain Frederick P. Loder-Symonds, 16 October, 1918[10][11] – 28 May, 1919[12]
- Captain Cecil H. Pilcher, 28 May, 1919[13] – March, 1921[14]
- Captain Gilbert O. Stephenson, March, 1921[15] – August, 1922[16]
- Captain Charles W. Round-Turner, 15 August, 1922[17] – c. October, 1924[18][19]
- Captain Hubert E. Dannreuther, 14 October, 1924[20] – October, 1926[21]
- Captain Kenneth D. W. Macpherson, 24 February, 1927[22]
- Captain Francis H. G. Walker, 30 November, 1928[23] – 18 March, 1929[24]
- Captain Henry Ruthven Moore, February, 1930[25] – September, 1930[26]
- Captain John G. P. Vivian, 18 September, 1930[27]
- Captain Charles O. Alexander, 27 July, 1932[28] – 1935[29]
- Commander Edward S. F. Fegen, 2 April, 1935[30][31] – 12 July, 1935[32] (assumed command upon her return to commission)
- Commander Henry T. Rust, 20 July, 1935[33]
- Captain Sir Lionel A. D. Sturdee, March, 1936[34] – September, 1936[35]
- Captain George D. Moore, February, 1939[36] – May, 1941[37]
- Captain John G. Hewitt, May, 1941[38] – October, 1942[39]
- Captain Newton J. W. William-Powlett, October, 1942[40] – 1943[41]
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 50.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 62.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 62.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 62.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 757.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 62.
- ↑ The Technical History and Index, Vol. 3, Part 23. pp. 11-12.
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1925). pp. 230, 231.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1935). p. 228.
- ↑ Loder-Symonds Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/186. f. 212.
- ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 774.
- ↑ Loder-Symonds Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/186. f. 212.
- ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1920). p. 757.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1924). p. 231.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1924). p. 231.
- ↑ Dannreuther Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46. f. 29.
- ↑ Dannreuther Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46. f. 29.
- ↑ Dannreuther Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46. f. 29.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1928). p. 230.
- ↑ Walker Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/73. f. 79.
- ↑ Walker Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/73. f. 79.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 230.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 229.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Fegen Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/54/8. f. 8.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1935). p. 228.
- ↑ Fegen Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/54/8. f. 8.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1935). p. 228.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
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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