H.M.S. Resolution (1915)
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Pendant Number: | 8A (Aug 1914) 1A (Jan 1918) 57 (Apr 1918)[1] |
Builder: | Palmer Shipbuilding and Iron Company[2] |
Ordered: | 1913 Programme[3] |
Laid down: | 29 Nov, 1913[4] |
Launched: | 14 Jan, 1915[5] |
Commissioned: | 7 Dec, 1916[6] |
Sold: | 5 May, 1948[7] |
Fate: | Scrapped |
Service
Re-commissioned at Devonport on 4 January, 1924 for service with the Second Battle Squadron, Atlantic Fleet.[8]
She paid off into Dockyard Control on 22 December, 1926.[9] In 1927, she became the second Royal navy ship, after Vindictive, to be equipped with a catapult for launching aircraft, though by mid 1932, her catapult would no longer be in place.[10] She was re-commissioned at Portsmouth on 30 December, 1927.[11]
Completed to full complement at Devonport on 3 February, 1931 for service as flagship of the First Battle Squadron in the Mediterranean.[12]
Re-commissioned at Plymouth on 7 September, 1933 as flagship for the Mediterranean, part of the First Battle Squadron.[13]
Re-commissioned at Portsmouth on 15 September, 1936 for service with the Second Battle Squadron, Home Fleet.[14]
Boats
In July 1914, the ship was appropriated 42-foot motor launch No. 254, though the boat was not yet delivered from the contractor.[15]
Alterations
In March, 1915, Open Director Sights were ordered for all[Inference] her turrets. They were likely in place by her completion.[16]
Her secondary battery directors were installed in April, 1917.[17]
Captains
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
- Captain Edward F. Bruen, 31 August, 1916[18] – 1 November, 1917[19]
- Captain Brian H. F. Barttelot, 1 November, 1917[20] – 28 September, 1918[21]
- Captain Oliver Backhouse, 28 September, 1918[22] – March, 1919[23]
- Captain Argentine H. Alington, March, 1919[24][25] – 7 January, 1920[26] (and as Flag Captain to R/A. Stanley)
- Captain Harold D. Briggs, 7 January, 1920[27] – 14 April, 1921 (and as Flag Captain to V/A Stanley)
- Captain Cyril S. Townsend, 14 April, 1921[28] – 1 August, 1922[29]
- Captain John E. T. Harper, 1 August, 1922[30] – 24 April, 1924[31]
- Captain Charles T. Hardy, 24 April, 1924[32][33] – 5 May, 1925[34] (as Flag Captain and Chief Staff Officer to R/A W. H. D. Boyle)
- Captain Raymond Fitzmaurice, 5 May, 1925[35] (and as Flag Captain and Chief Staff Officer to R/A F. A. Mitchell)
- Captain Francis A. Marten, October, 1925[36] – 1926[37] (this is contra-indicated by his service record)
- Commander Geoffrey D. Taylor, 27 October, 1927[38] – mid November, 1927[Inference] (for trials, then staying on as exec)
- Captain Cecil V. Usborne, 15 November, 1927[39] – May, 1928[40]
- Captain Roger L'E. M. Rede, 21 April, 1928[41] – August, 1929[42]
- Captain Edward B. S. Bingham, 3 August, 1929[43] – 29 November, 1930[44]
- Captain Max K. Horton, 30 November, 1930[45] – November, 1932[46]
- Captain Charles E. Turle, 26 October, 1932[47] – 7 September, 1933
- Captain John H. D. Cunningham, 7 September, 1933[48] – 16 March, 1936[49]
- Captain Lionel A. D. Sturdee, 15 September, 1936[50][51] – 10 January, 1938[52]
- Captain James W. S. Dorling, 10 January, 1938 – February, 1938[53]
- Captain Charles H. Knox-Little, 22 July, 1938[54] – November, 1939[55]
- Captain Oliver Bevir, November, 1939 – 28 November, 1940
- Captain Arthur R. Halfhide, October, 1940[56] – June, 1942[57]
- Captain John W. Durnford, 25 June, 1942[58] – 25 October, 1943[59] (and as Flag Captain to V/A Commanding Second Battle Squadron)
- Captain Royer M. Dick, April, 1944[60] – July, 1944[61]
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 34.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 35.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 35.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 35.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 34.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 854.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 34.
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 264.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1927). p. 263.
- ↑ "Warship Catapults." The Times (London, England), Saturday, May 7, 1932, Issue 46127, p.18.
- ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1929). pp. 263-4.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 265.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1935). pp. 265-6.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 267.
- ↑ Admiralty Weekly Order No. 122 of 10 July, 1914.
- ↑ The Technical History and Index: Fire Control in H.M. Ships, p. 16.
- ↑ The Technical History and Index: Fire Control in H.M. Ships, p. 16.
- ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1916). p. 397i.
- ↑ Bruen Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 210/418.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1917). p. 397l.
- ↑ Barttelot Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 238.
- ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1918). p. 894.
- ↑ Backhouse Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 206.
- ↑ The Navy List. (August, 1919). p. 894.
- ↑ Alington Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/336. f. 336.
- ↑ Alington Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/336. f. 336.
- ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1920). p. 853.
- ↑ Townsend Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/79. f. 98.
- ↑ Townsend Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/79. f. 98.
- ↑ Harper Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/522. f. 214.
- ↑ Harper Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/522. f. 214.
- ↑ Hardy Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/44/316. f. 355.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1924). p. 263.
- ↑ Hardy Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/44/316. f. 355.
- ↑ Fitzmaurice Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45. f. 8.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), Wednesday, Nov 02, 1927; pg. 21; Issue 44728.
- ↑ Usborne Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/115. f. 118.
- ↑ Usborne Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/115. f. 118.
- ↑ Rede Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/42. f. 42.
- ↑ Rede Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/42. f. 42.
- ↑ Bingham Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/117. f. 117.
- ↑ Bingham Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/117. f. 117.
- ↑ Horton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/317. f. 6.
- ↑ Horton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/317. f. 6.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 265.
- ↑ Cunningham Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/269., f. 136.
- ↑ Cunningham Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/269., f. 136.
- ↑ Sturdee Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/214. f. 115.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 267.
- ↑ Sturdee Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/214. f. 115.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Knox-Little Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/119. f. 127.
- ↑ Knox-Little Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/119. f. 127.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Durnford Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/53/129. f. 128.
- ↑ Durnford Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/53/129. f. 128.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ 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.
- 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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