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She left Scapa for refit at Liverpool at 04:00 on 6 November, 1915, arriving at Liverpool on 08:30 on the 7th.<ref>Jellicoe Papers.  British Library.  Add MS 49001.  f. 7.</ref>
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In February 1919, she was sent to Rosyth when the Fourth was disestablished,<ref>See {{UK-BS|1}} and {{UK-BS|4}} pages for references.</ref> reducing to reserve on 31 January 1919 and becoming flagship of the Reserve Fleet there by mid 1920.{{NLJan21|pp. 785, 786}}
  
 
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==Radio==

Revision as of 03:58, 8 July 2014

H.M.S. Hercules (1910)
Pendant Number: 47 (1914)
69 (Jan 1918)
54 (Apr 1918)[1]
Builder: Palmer, Hebburn[2]
Laid down: 30 Jul, 1909[3]
Launched: 10 May, 1910[4]
Commissioned: 31 Jul, 1911
Sold: 8 Nov, 1921[5]
Fate: Scrapped

Radio

At the end of 1912, she had one of the twelve Short Distance Radio Sets then installed in sea-going ships of five-mile range, situated behind armour near the fore bridge.[6]

Alterations

In 1913, Hercules was slated as part of the seventeen ship order to receive a director. It was fitted sometime between May and December, 1915.[7]

In June 1914, the ship was directed to return its Waymouth-Cooke Rangefinder to the manufacturer to replace the long telescope with a shorter one.[8]

By the end of 1915, and probably during 1915, she received one of the first three sets of Walker's Instruments, presumably for trial.[9]

Service

From at least December 1913, she served in the First Battle Squadron, remaining there until June 1916, when she was transferred to the Fourth Battle Squadron to become that formation's flagship.

She left Scapa for refit at Liverpool at 04:00 on 6 November, 1915, arriving at Liverpool on 08:30 on the 7th.[10]


Jutland

Main article: H.M.S. Hercules at the Battle of Jutland

Post-War

In February 1919, she was sent to Rosyth when the Fourth was disestablished,[11] reducing to reserve on 31 January 1919 and becoming flagship of the Reserve Fleet there by mid 1920.[12]

Radio

By the end of 1913, she and the rest of the First Battle Squadron were all equipped with Battleship Auxiliary W/T sets.[13]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 32.
  2. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 32.
  3. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 26.
  4. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 32.
  5. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 32.
  6. ↑ Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1912. W/T Appendix, p. 8.
  7. ↑ The Technical History and Index, Vol. 3, Part 23. pp. 9-10.
  8. ↑ Admiralty Weekly Order No. 68 of 26 June 1914.
  9. ↑ Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1915. p. 60.
  10. ↑ Jellicoe Papers. British Library. Add MS 49001. f. 7.
  11. ↑ See First Battle Squadron and Fourth Battle Squadron pages for references.
  12. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). pp. 785, 786.
  13. ↑ Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1913. W/T Appendix, p. 13.
  14. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  15. ↑ The Navy List. (March, 1913). p. 323.
  16. ↑ The Navy List. (June, 1913). p. 232.
  17. ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1914). p. 329.
  18. ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 394n.
  19. ↑ Battle of Jutland Official Despatches. p. 43.
  20. ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1916). p. 395c.
  21. ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 812.
  22. ↑ The Navy List. (August, 1919). p. 812.
  23. ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1920). p. 785.

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