H.M.S. Repulse (1916)
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H.M.S. Repulse | |
Career | Details |
---|---|
Pendant Number: | 26 (April, 1918)[1] |
Built By: | John Brown, Clydebank (Ship no. 443)[2] |
Laid Down: | 25 January, 1915 |
Launched: | 8 January, 1916 |
Commissioned: | 18 August, 1916 |
Sunk: | 10 December, 1941 |
Fate: | Sunk off Malaya |
Alterations
Repulse was completed with her main battery director in place, but had her secondary battery director system installed in September, 1916 — one month after she entered service.[3]
Captains
Dates of appointment given:
- Captain Cyril T. M. Fuller, 2 August, 1916.[4]
- Captain John S. Dumaresq, 24 September, 1917.[5]
- Captain William H. D. Boyle, 6 November, 1917.[6]
- Captain Frederic Charles Dreyer, 18 April, 1922.[7]
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Dittmar & Colledge.
- ↑ Johnston. Clydebank Battlecruisers, Footers.
- ↑ The Technical History and Index: Fire Control in HM Ships, pp. 9-11, 16.
- ↑ Navy List (December, 1916). p. 397h.
- ↑ Navy List (November, 1917). p. 397k.
- ↑ Navy List (December, 1918). p. 892.
- ↑ "Naval and Military" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Tuesday, 18 April, 1922. Issue 43008, col D, pg. 21.
Bibliography
- Template:BibUKFireControlInHMShips1919
- Dittmar, F.J.; Colledge, J.J. (1972). British Warships 1914–1919. London: Ian Allan.
- Template:BibRobertsBattlecruisers
- Template:BibJohnstonClydebankBattlecruisers