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==See Also==
 
==See Also==

Revision as of 13:38, 19 December 2012

H.M.S. Commonwealth (1903)
Pendant Number: 31 (1914)
44 (Jan 1918)
31 (Apr 1918)
N.88 (Jun 1918)[1]
Builder: Fairfield[2]
Ordered: 1901-02 Programme[3]
Laid down: 17 Jun, 1902[4]
Launched: 13 May, 1903[5]
Commissioned: Mar, 1905[6]
Sold: 18 Nov, 1921[7]
Fate: Scrapped in Germany[8]


Alterations

Then part of the Channel Fleet, Commonwealth started a refit in Devonport on 22 May 1908.[9]

Directors were ordered only for Commonwealth and her sister Zealandia on 23 July, 1917 for use in bombardment. Commonwealth's director was installed in May 1918, but Zealandia's installation was not completed.[10] It appears that Commonwealth was the only pre-dreadnought to ever be fitted with a director system for regular service.

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 31.
  2. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 31.
  3. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 38.
  4. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 38.
  5. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 31.
  6. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 38.
  7. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 31.
  8. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 31.
  9. ↑ Report from Charles Beresford dated 10 April 1908 in Naval Policy - Strategy - Tactics: Miscellaneous papers from Private Office received by record office at The National Archives. ADM 116/942, unnumbered folio halfway within series.
  10. ↑ The Technical History and Index, Vol. 3, Part 23. p. 15.
  11. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  12. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  13. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  14. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  15. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  16. ↑ The Navy List (December, 1914). p. 296.
  17. ↑ The Navy List (October, 1915). p. 393b.
  18. ↑ The Navy List (December, 1916). p. 393e.
  19. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  20. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  21. ↑ The Navy List (December, 1918). p. 762.
  22. ↑ The Monthly Navy List, (December 1920). p. 749.

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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