H.M.S. Lord Nelson (1906)
From The Dreadnought Project
| H.M.S. Lord Nelson (1906) | |
|---|---|
| Pendant Number: | 14 (1914) 82 (Jan-Apr 1918)[1] |
| Builder: | Palmer, Jarrow[2] |
| Ordered: | 1904-05 Estimates[3] |
| Laid down: | 18 May, 1905[4] |
| Launched: | 4 Sep, 1906[5] |
| Commissioned: | 1 Dec, 1908 |
| Sold: | 4 Jun, 1920[6] |
| Fate: | Scrapped |
H.M.S. Lord Nelson was one of two pre-Dreadnought battleships in her class, and though designed before the transformative Dreadnought, she was completed after her, in late 1908.
Radio
At the end of 1909, she was to receive one of eleven Short Distance Radio Sets, to be installed at her next refit behind armour near the fore bridge, intended to supplant flag signaling.{ARTS1909|Wireless Appendix, p. 25}} In mid-1913, this gear was redesignated as Type 3.[7]
Captains
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
- Captain Sir Robert K. Arbuthnot, Bart., 9 September, 1907.[8]
- Captain Alfred E. A. Grant, March, 1910.[9]
- Captain Edmund H. Smith, November, 1911.[10]
- Captain Rowland Nugent, 16 June, 1913.[11]
- Captain John W. L. McClintock, 30 April, 1914.[12]
- Captain Robert N. Bax, June, 1916.[13]
- Captain Leonard L. P. Willan, 28 February, 1918.[14]
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 31.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 31.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 40.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 40.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 31.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 31.
- ↑ Admiralty Weekly Order No. 306 of 20 June, 1913.
- ↑ The Navy List (October, 1908). p. 342.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Nugent Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 469.
- ↑ The Navy List (December, 1914). p. 350.
- ↑ The Navy List (December, 1916). p. 395x.
- ↑ The Navy List (December, 1918). p. 835.
Bibliography
- Dittmar, F.J.; Colledge, J.J. (1972). British Warships 1914–1919. London: Ian Allan.
- Gray, Randal (editor) (1985). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. London: Conway Maritime Press. (on Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk).
- 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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