H.M.S. Cleopatra (1915)
From The Dreadnought Project
| H.M.S. Cleopatra | |
| Career | Details |
|---|---|
| Pendant Numbers: | 1A (1914) 40 (Jan 1918) 88 (Apr 1918)[1] |
| Built By: | Devonport Dockyard |
| Laid Down: | |
| Launched: | 14 January, 1915 |
| Commissioned: | |
| Sold: | |
| Fate: | |
Alterations
Cleopatra was fitted with a director in July, 1917. This alteration required her pole mast to be replaced with a tripod mast for greater rigidity.[2]
At some point likely after the end of the war, she received a Dreyer Turret Control Table in her T.S..[3]
Captains
Dates of appointment given:
- Captain Frederick P. Loder-Symonds, 8 February, 1914.[4]
- Captain The Hon. Arthur C. Strutt, 16 October, 1918.[5]
- Captain Charles J. C. Little, 4 March, 1919.[6]
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships: 1914-1919. p. 47.
- ↑ The Technical History and Index: Fire Control in H.M. Ships, 1919. pp. 11-12.
- ↑ absent from Handbook of Capt. F.C. Dreyer's Fire Control Tables, p. 3, present in Pamphlet on the Turret Dreyer Table as fitted in the turrets of H.M. battleships and in the transmitting stations of certain cruisers, 1930. p. 4.
- ↑ The Navy List (October, 1915). p. 392s.
- ↑ The Navy List (December, 1918). p. 758.
- ↑ The Monthly Navy List (May, 1919). p. 758.
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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