H.M.S. Commonwealth (1903)
From The Dreadnought Project
| 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
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.[9] 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.
- Captain Horace Lambert Alexander Hood, 5 December, 1908 - 31 December, 1909.[Citation needed]
- Captain Price Vaughan Lewes in command as of May 1912 operating with the Fourth Battle Squadron.[Citation needed]
- Captain Maurice Woollcombe, 1 October, 1913.[10][11]
- Captain Herbert W. Richmond, 26 October, 1915 operating with the Third Battle Squadron[12]
- Captain George R. B. Blount, 1 November, 1918.[13]
- Captain Godfrey Harry Brydges Mundy,
- Captain George Alexander Ballard,
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 31.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 31.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 38.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 38.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 31.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 38.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 31.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 31.
- ↑ The Technical History and Index, Vol. 3, Part 23. p. 15.
- ↑ The Navy List (December, 1914). p. 296.
- ↑ The Navy List (October, 1915). p. 393b.
- ↑ The Navy List (December, 1916). p. 393e.
- ↑ The Navy List (December, 1918). p. 762.
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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