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|align="center" colspan="2"|'''H.M.S. ''Commonwealth'''''
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|31 (1914)<br>44 (Jan 1918)<br>31 (Apr 1918)<ref>Dittmar; Colledge.  ''British Warships: 1914-1919''.  p. 31.</ref>
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|13 May, 1903
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==Alterations==
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Directors were ordered only for ''Commonwealth'' and her sister ''Zealandia'' on 23 July, 1917 for use in bombardment.  ''Commonwealth'' was fitted with her director in May 1918, but Zealandia's installation was suspended by the cessation of work on ships at war's end.<ref>''The Technical History and Index: Fire Control in HM Ships, 1919'', p. 15.</ref>  It appears that ''Commonwealth'' was the only pre-dreadnought to ever be fitted with a director system for regular service.
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==See Also==
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*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Commonwealth_(1903) Wikipedia]
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==Footnotes==
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==Bibliography==
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*{{BibDittmarColledge}}
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*{{BibConways1906-1921}}
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*{{BibUKDreyerTableHandbook1918}}
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*{{BibUKFireControlInHMShips1919}}
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Revision as of 13:52, 1 October 2009

H.M.S. Commonwealth
Career Details
Pendant Numbers: 31 (1914)
44 (Jan 1918)
31 (Apr 1918)[1]
Built By: Fairfield
Laid Down:
Launched: 13 May, 1903
Commissioned:
Sold:
Fate:

Alterations

Directors were ordered only for Commonwealth and her sister Zealandia on 23 July, 1917 for use in bombardment. Commonwealth was fitted with her director in May 1918, but Zealandia's installation was suspended by the cessation of work on ships at war's end.[2] It appears that Commonwealth was the only pre-dreadnought to ever be fitted with a director system for regular service.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships: 1914-1919. p. 31.
  2. ↑ The Technical History and Index: Fire Control in HM Ships, 1919, p. 15.

Bibliography

Template:King Edward VII Class (1903)

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