H.M.S. Arethusa (1913)
H.M.S. Arethusa (1913) | |
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Pendant Number: | 3C (1914)[1] |
Builder: | Chatham Royal Dockyard[2] |
Ordered: | Sep, 1912[3] |
Laid down: | 28 Oct, 1912[4] |
Launched: | 25 Oct, 1913[5] |
Commissioned: | Aug, 1914[6] |
Mined: | 11 Feb, 1916[7] |
Fate: | near Harwich[8] |
Contents
Service
Arethusa commissioned at Chatham on 11 August, 1914.[9]
Battle of Heligoland Bight
- Main article: Battle of Heligoland Bight
The ship was uniquely honoured after the battle by having an engraved brass plate fitted in a conspicuous place reading as follows.[10]
Come, all ye jolly bold, |
Cuxhaven Raid
On 25 December 1914, Arethusa participated in the Cuxhaven Raid, the first seaborne air strike.
Battle of Dogger Bank
- Main article: Battle of Dogger Bank
On 24 January, 1915 Arethusa fought at the Battle of Dogger Bank. At 11:30am, she fired two high speed torpedoes from 1,600 yards at target inclination of 90L and target speed 5 knots, claiming hits under the fore turret and in the engine room of her target,[11] the heavily damaged armoured cruiser Blücher.
Alterations
Arethusa was lost before a director was available to her.[12]
Captains
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
- Captain Bertram S. Thesiger, May, 1914[13] – August, 1914[14]
- Acting Captain Barry E. Domvile, 23 November, 1915[15] – 11 February, 1916[16] (ship lost under his command)
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.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 47.
- ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1914). p. 276.
- ↑ Admiralty Weekly Order No. 414 of 29 Sep, 1914.
- ↑ Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1915. p. 23.
- ↑ The Technical History and Index, Vol. 3, Part 23. pp. 11-12.
- ↑ Thesiger Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 472.
- ↑ Thesiger Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 472.
- ↑ Domvile Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 465.
- ↑ Domvile Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 465.
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, 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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