H.M.S. Hercules (1910)

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H.M.S. Hercules
Career Details
Pendant Number: 54 (April, 1918)[1]
Built By: Palmers, Hebburn
Laid Down: 30 July, 1909
Launched: 10 May, 1910
Commissioned: 31 July, 1911
Sold: 8 November, 1921
Fate: Scrapped


Alterations

In 1913, Hercules was slated as part of the seventeen ship order to receive a director. It was fitted sometime between May and December, 1915.[2]

By the end of 1915, and probably during 1915, she received one of the first three sets of Walker's Instruments, presumably for trial.[3]

Jutland

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Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919
  2. The Technical History and Index: Fire Control in HM Ships, pp. 9-10.
  3. Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1915, p. 60.
  4. Navy List (December, 1914). p. 329.
  5. Corbett. Naval Operations, Volume I, p. 438.
  6. Navy List (October, 1915). p. 394n.
  7. Navy List (December, 1916). p. 395c.
  8. Navy List (December, 1918). p. 812.

Bibliography

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