H.M.S. Valiant (1914)
H.M.S. Valiant (1914) | |
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Pendant Number: | 34 (Aug 1914) A6 (Jan 1918) 43 (Apr 1918)[1] |
Builder: | Fairfield[2] |
Ordered: | 1912 Programme[3] |
Laid down: | 31 Jan, 1913[4] |
Launched: | 4 Nov, 1914[5] |
Commissioned: | 13 Jan, 1916 |
Sold: | 19 Mar, 1948[6] |
Fate: | Scrapped |
Career
Valiant was commissioned at Govan on 13 January, 1916, by Captain Woollcombe.[7]
The ship had a pool table, a photo of which is in the Crawford Scrapbook, Liddle Collection, University of Leeds.
Alterations
Valiant was completed with director firing installed, as all capital ships were supposed to do after 2 January, 1915.[8]
In December, 1914, Open Director Sights were ordered for all[Inference] her turrets. They were likely in place by her completion.[9]
Between late 1915 and mid 1917, she was fitted with a Torpedo Control Plotting Instrument Mark II in the TCT.[10][11]
Her secondary battery directors were installed in April, 1917.[12]
When in 1918 it was desired to give each capital ship possible an additional effective 9-foot rangefinder to support torpedo control, Valiant proposed a pair of transversing mountings atop the beef screen, one each side. Vernon did not want the transversing mountings, owing to the loss in efficiency they incurred on the rangefinder.[13]
At some point, she and her sisters were also outfitted with Turret Control Tables, although there is no indication whether this was 1 table per ship, or 2 in the controlling turrets, or one in all four turrets.[14]
Captains
Dates of appointment given:
- Captain Maurice Woollcombe, 26 October, 1915 – 1 October, 1918.[15]
- Captain Henry T. Buller, 1 October, 1918.[16]
- Captain Horace W. Longden, 1 April, 1919.[17]
- Captain Charles Arthur Robertson-Scott, c 1930-1932.[18]
- Captain Humphrey Thomas Walwyn,
- Captain Frank Larken, after the war.
Jutland
She fought at Jutland as part of the Fifth Battle Squadron under Captain Woollcombe in support of the Battle Cruiser Force with her sisters, less Queen Elizabeth.
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 34.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 33.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 33.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 33.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 34.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 34.
- ↑ Campbell. p. 44.
- ↑ The Technical History and Index: Fire Control in HM Ships, pp. 10.
- ↑ The Technical History and Index: Fire Control in HM Ships, p. 18.
- ↑ Handbook of Torpedo Control, 1916. p. 38.
- ↑ Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1915, p. 60.
- ↑ The Technical History and Index: Fire Control in HM Ships, p. 16.
- ↑ Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1918, p. 177.
- ↑ Handbook of Captain F. C. Dreyer's Fire Control Tables, 1918. p. 3.
- ↑ The Navy List (October, 1917). p. 398p.
- ↑ The Navy List (December, 1918). p. 923a.
- ↑ The Navy List (August, 1919). p. 923.
- ↑ Scott's Service Records ADM 196/45.
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.
- Dittmar, F.J.; Colledge, J.J. (1972). British Warships 1914–1919. London: Ian Allan.
- 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.
- Parkes, O.B.E., Ass.I.N.A., Dr. Oscar (1990). British Battleships 1860–1950. London: Pen & Sword Ltd. ISBN 0850526043. (on Bookfinder.com).
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