H.M.S. Vindictive (1918)
| H.M.S. Vindictive (1918) | |
|---|---|
| Pendant Number: | 31 (Oct 1918) 48 (Sep 1919)[1] |
| Builder: | Harland & Wolff[2] |
| Laid down: | 29 Jun, 1918[3] |
| Launched: | 17 Jan, 1918[4] |
| Commissioned: | Oct, 1918[5] |
| Converted: | 1925[6] |
| Fate: | back to a cruiser |
Started construction as H.M.S. Cavendish, as one of the Hawkins class cruiser, but completed as an aircraft carrier, H.M.S. Vindictive. Between 1923 and 1925, she was converted back to a cruiser. Finally, in 1939-40, she was converted into a repair ship. In light of this meandering identity, we treat her as a distinct class.
Service
Vindictive was reduced to Reserve on 30 November, 1920.[7]
She paid off to a C. & M. Party on 10 February, 1925.[8] In that year, she became the first Royal navy ship with a catapult for launching aircraft, though by mid 1932, this would no longer be in place.[9]
Following conversion back into a cruiser with a reduced aircraft capacity, she sailed from Chatham the Fifth Light Cruiser Squadron on the China Station early in 1926.
Commissioned at Chatham on 20 August, 1928 with Fleet Air Arm Flight No. 444 embarked.[10]
Commissioned at Chatham for a trooping trip on 18 February, 1931.[11]
Re-commissioned in Reserve at The Nore on 5 July, 1933.[12]
She was taken under Dockyard Control at Portsmouth on 29 May, 1936 to undergo conversion, which was expected to take until July 1937. Commander Robert J. Shaw was appointed to her on 22 February, 1937 and remained with her upon her commissioning, presumably as executive officer.[13]
On 9 September 1937, she took Naval Cadets to sea for training from Portsmouth, taking the place of H.M.S. Frobisher as sea-going training ship. The cruise took her to Portland from 9-13 September, San Tropez 20-29 September, Naples 1-4 October, Capri 4-5 October, and then Malta from 6-13 October. She was later to visit Haifa and Gibraltar before returning to Chatham on 6 December.[14]
In 1939-40, she was converted into a repair ship.
Captains
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
- Commander James G. P. Ingham, 13 September, 1918[15]
- Captain Henry E. Grace, 21 September, 1918[16] – 25 August, 1920
- Commander Alan J. Mackenzie-Grieve, 13 October, 1920[17] – 1 January, 1921
- Captain Frank Powell, c. 1 June, 1921[18] – 15 June, 1921[19]
- Captain Reginald J. N. Watson, 12 July, 1921[20] – 18 August, 1921[21] (lent from Monarch)
- Commander Charles A. Carey, 18 August, 1921[22] – 1922[23]
- Captain Cathcart R. Wason, 10 March, 1922 – 8 August, 1922
- Captain Ronald Howard, 8 August, 1922[24] – February, 1923[25]
- Captain George Francis Hyde, 22 October, 1924[26] – October, 1925[27]
- Captain Ronald Howard, 2 October, 1925[28] – April, 1927
- Captain Douglas B. Le Mottée, April, 1927[29] – late 1928[30]
- Captain Francis T. B. Tower, 16 May, 1927[31] – 16 May, 1929 (and as Flag Captain and Chief Staff Officer)
- Captain Lancelot E. Holland, 16 May, 1929[32] – 31 December, 1929[33] (and as Flag Captain and Chief Staff Officer to R/A Best)
- Commander Percy R. P. Percival, 17 January, 1930[34] – 19 September, 1930[35]
- Captain Charles G. Stuart, 22 February, 1930[36] – 24 July, 1930[37]
- Captain Reginald St. P. Parry, 18 February, 1931[38] – 7 April, 1931[39][Inference]
- Captain Arthur M. Lecky, 29 July, 1931[40] – 1 February, 1932[41]
- Captain Edward McC. W. Lawrie, 1 February, 1932[42] – June, 1932[43]
- Commander Colin A. G. Hutchison, 30 September, 1932[44] – 25 January, 1933
- Commander Henry J. Egerton, 25 January, 1933 – February, 1933 (temporary)
- Captain Albert J. Robertson, c. mid February, 1933[45] (undated, took command upon recommissioning)
- Commander Henry J. Egerton, July, 1933[46] – 17 July, 1933 (temporary, on reducing to reserve)
- Commander Frank D. Morris, 17 July, 1933[47][48] – 24 July, 1935[49] (and as Senior Officer Reserve Fleet, Nore)
- Captain Hamilton C. Allen, 1 July, 1935[50] – 24 July, 1935[51] (and as Senior Officer Reserve Fleet, Nore)
- Commander Charles E. S. Farrant, early 1936[52] – 15 May, 1936[53]
- Captain Ernest J. Spooner, 15 June, 1937[54] – 17 December, 1938
- Captain Henry C. Bovell, 17 December, 1938[55] – c. October, 1939[56]
- Captain Arthur R. Halfhide, 2 January, 1940[57] – late 1940[58]
- Captain Hubert G. D. Acland, 15 March, 1941[59] – 15 December, 1942[60]
- Captain Herbert W. Williams, 15 December, 1942[61] – 30 January, 1943[62]
- Captain Geoffrey R. S. Watkins, 30 January, 1943[63] – 1943[64] (superseded in command for undiscovered reasons)
- Acting Captain (retired) Edmund H. Hopkinson, 4 December, 1943[65]
Robert Bertram Ramsay was appointed in command on 24 February, 1927,[66] but his service record indicates that this was canceled.
Armament
- Four 7.5-in/45cal Mark VI guns
- Four 3-in
- Four 12-pdr H.A. guns
- Six 21-in tubes, two submerged and four fixed A.W. tubes, three to a side
- Six folding-wing aircraft
Fire Control
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 52.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 63.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 63.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 63.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 69.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 69.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 890.
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 283.
- ↑ "Warship Catapults." The Times (London, England), Saturday, May 7, 1932, Issue 46127, p.18.
- ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 282a.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 282a.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1935). p. 288.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 288.
- ↑ "Royal Navy." The Times (London, England), Saturday, Aug 28, 1937; pg. 15; Issue 47775.
- ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1920). p. 890.
- ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 935.
- ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1920). p. 890.
- ↑ Powell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/242. f. 274.
- ↑ Powell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/242. f. 274.
- ↑ Watson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/342. f. 385.
- ↑ Watson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/342. f. 385.
- ↑ Carey Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/30. f. ?.
- ↑ Carey Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/30. f. ?.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1923). p. 836.
- ↑ Month is not wholly clear. Is 1, 2 or 3.
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 283.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1926). p. 283.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Two-digits month is illegible in his service record.
- ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 282a.
- ↑ Holland Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/51/23. f. 23.
- ↑ Holland Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/51/23. f. 23.
- ↑ Percival Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/255. f. 303.
- ↑ Percival Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/255. f. 303.
- ↑ Stuart Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/3. f. 3.
- ↑ Stuart Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/3. f. 3.
- ↑ Parry Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45. f. 34.
- ↑ Parry Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45. f. 34.
- ↑ Lecky Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/54. f. 54.
- ↑ Lecky Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/54. f. 54.
- ↑ Lawrie Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/38. f. 441.
- ↑ Lawrie Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/38. f. 441.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 286.
- ↑ "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), Friday, Jan 20, 1933; pg. 17; Issue 46347.
- ↑ "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), Thursday, Jul 06, 1933; pg. 20; Issue 46489.
- ↑ "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), Tuesday, Jul 11, 1933; pg. 19; Issue 46493.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1935). p. 288.
- ↑ Allen Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48. f. 408.
- ↑ Allen Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48. f. 408.
- ↑ Allen Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48. f. 408.
- ↑ Farrant Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/54/41. f. 41.
- ↑ Farrant Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/54/41. f. 41.
- ↑ "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), Wednesday, Jun 16, 1937; pg. 21; Issue 47712.
- ↑ Bovell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/55/28. f. 28.
- ↑ Bovell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/55/28. f. 28.
- ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
- ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
- ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
- ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
- ↑ Uboat.net page on the man.
- ↑ Uboat.net page on the man.
- ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
- ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
- ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1927). p. 283.
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