H.M.S. Royal Oak (1914)

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H.M.S. Royal Oak
Career Details
Pendant Number: 38 (April, 1918)[1]
Built By: Devonport Royal Dockyard
Laid Down: 15 January, 1914
Launched: 17 November, 1914
Commissioned: May, 1916
Sunk: 14 October, 1939

H.M.S. Royal Oak was a Revenge class dreadnought battleship of the British Royal Navy, torpedoed in Scapa Flow by the German submarine U-47 on 14 October, 1939. Launched in 1914 and completed in 1916, Royal Oak first saw action at the Battle of Jutland with the Grand Fleet. In peacetime, she served in the Atlantic, Home and Mediterranean fleets, coming under accidental attack on more than one occasion. The ship became the centre of worldwide attention in 1928 when her Captain and Commander were Court Martialled.

Career

The keel plate was laid on 15 January, 1914, in a cermony performed by Mrs. Hockaday, wife of Mr. W. T. Hockaday, Manager of the Constructive Department.[2]

First World War

Alterations

In March, 1915, Open Director Sights were ordered for all[Inference] her turrets. They were likely in place by her completion.[3]

Royal Oak received her secondary battery directors in March, 1917.[4]

Commanding Officers

Dates of appointment given:

See also

Footnotes

  1. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships: 1914-1919
  2. "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Friday, 16 January, 1914. Issue 40422, col E, pg. 54.
  3. The Technical History and Index: Fire Control in H.M. Ships. p. 18.
  4. The Technical History and Index: Fire Control in H.M. Ships. p. 16.
  5. Navy List (December, 1918). p. 899.

Bibliography

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