H.M.S. Royalist (1915)
| H.M.S. Royalist (1915) | |
|---|---|
| Pendant Number: | 4A (1914) 6A (Jan 1918) 75 (Apr 1918)[1] |
| Builder: | Beardmore[2] |
| Ordered: | Sep, 1912[3] |
| Laid down: | 3 Jun, 1913[4] |
| Launched: | 14 Jan, 1915[5] |
| Commissioned: | Mar, 1915[6] |
| Sold: | 24 Aug, 1922[7] |
| Fate: | to Cashmore |
Service
In the Battle of Jutland, she was one of five light cruisers of the Fourth Light Cruiser Squadron screening the Battle Fleet.[8]
Reduced to reserve complement at Portsmouth on 15 August, 1920.[9]
Alterations
In 1915-1916, she was given a Wise Pressure Telegraphy System Type B to trial for torpedo control. Based on this trial, in 1917, she likely received Chadburn's Torpedo Order Telegraphs and had her Wise gauges redone to indicate Torpedo Deflection only, as well as having Barr and Stroud instruments provided to acknowledge torpedo orders given via Wise and Chadburn.[10]
Royalist was one of just 6 light cruisers listed as having a Turret Control Table in her T.S. in June 1918. If and when this was provided is uncertain.[11]
She was fitted with a director in October, 1917. This alteration required her pole mast to be replaced with a tripod mast for greater rigidity.[12]
Captains
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
- Captain The Honourable Herbert Meade, 23 January, 1915.[13]
- Captain The Honourable Matthew R. Best, 30 May, 1917.[14]
- Captain Arthur Kemmis Betty, April 1919.[15]
- Lieutenant-Commander (G) Frank Lumb, January 1920.[16]
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 47.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 47.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 47.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 55.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 47.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 55.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 47.
- ↑ Battle of Jutland Official Despatches. p. 34.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 857.
- ↑ Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1916. p. 30.
- ↑ Handbook of Captain F. C. Dreyer's Fire Control Tables, 1918. p. 3.
- ↑ The Technical History and Index, Vol. 3, Part 23. pp. 11-12.
- ↑ The Navy List (October, 1915). p. 397s.
- ↑ The Navy List (December, 1918). p. 898.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ The Monthly Navy List, (December 1920). p. 857.
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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