H.M.S. Conquest (1915)
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| H.M.S. Conquest (1915) | |
|---|---|
| Pendant Number: | C0 (1914) 48 (Jan 1918) 37 (Apr 1918)[1] |
| Builder: | Chatham Royal Dockyard[2] |
| Laid down: | 3 Mar, 1914[3] |
| Launched: | 20 Jan, 1915[4] |
| Commissioned: | Jun, 1915[5] |
| Sold: | 29 Aug, 1930[6] |
| Fate: | to Metal Industries, Rosyth[7] |
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.[8]
At some point likely after the end of the war, she received a Dreyer Turret Control Table in her TS.[9]
Captain
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
- Captain James U. Farie, 9 February, 1915.[10]
- Captain Roger R. C. Backhouse, 12 November 1915.[11]
- Captain Joseph C. W. Henley, 1 December, 1916.[12]
- Captain Argentine H. Alington, 11 May, 1917.[13]
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 47.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 47.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 56.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 47.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 56.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 47.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 47.
- ↑ The Technical History and Index, Vol. 3, Part 23. 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.
- ↑ Farie Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 385.
- ↑ Backhouse Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 474.
- ↑ Henley Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45. f. 44.
- ↑ The Navy List (November, 1917). p. 392q.
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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