H.M.S. Conquest (1915)
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| H.M.S. Conquest | |
| Career | Details |
|---|---|
| Pendant Numbers: | C0 (1914) 48 (Jan 1918) 37 (Apr 1918)[1] |
| Built By: | Chatham Dockyard |
| Laid Down: | |
| Launched: | 20 January, 1915 |
| Commissioned: | |
| Sold: | |
| Fate: | |
Alterations
Conquest was fitted with a director in March, 1918. 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 TS.[3]
Captains
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
- Captain Roger Roland Charles Backhouse, 12 November 1915.[Citation needed]
- Captain Joseph Charles Walrond Henley, 1 December, 1916, to 16 May, 1917.[4]
- Captain Argentine Hugh Alington,
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships: 1914-1919. p. 47.
- ↑ The Technical History and Index: Fire Control in HM 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.
- ↑ Possibly in ADM 196/45. f. 44.
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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