H.M.S. Repulse (1916)
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H.M.S. Repulse | |
Career | Details |
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Pendant Number: | 26 (April, 1918)<ref>Dittmar & Colledge.</ref> |
Built By: | John Brown, Clydebank (Ship no. 443)<ref>Johnston. Clydebank Battlecruisers, Footers.</ref> |
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.<ref>The Technical History and Index: Fire Control in HM Ships, pp. 9-11, 16.</ref>
Captains
Dates of appointment given:
- Captain Cyril T. M. Fuller, 2 August, 1916.<ref>Navy List (December, 1916). p. 397h.</ref>
- Captain John S. Dumaresq, 24 September, 1917.<ref>Navy List (November, 1917). p. 397k.</ref>
- Captain William H. D. Boyle, 6 November, 1917.<ref>Navy List (December, 1918). p. 892.</ref>
- Captain Frederic Charles Dreyer, 18 April, 1922.<ref>"Naval and Military" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Tuesday, 18 April, 1922. Issue 43008, col D, pg. 21.</ref>
See Also
Footnotes
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Bibliography
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- {{#if:|<ref>Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. .</ref>|Dittmar, F.J.; Colledge, J.J. (1972). British Warships 1914–1919. London: Ian Allan.}}
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