H.M.S. Indefatigable (1909)
| H.M.S. Indefatigable (1909) | |
|---|---|
| Pendant Number: | 13 (1914)[1] |
| Builder: | Devonport Royal Dockyard[2] |
| Ordered: | 1908 Programme[3] |
| Laid down: | 23 Feb, 1909[4] |
| Launched: | 28 Oct, 1909[5] |
| Commissioned: | 1911[6] |
| Sunk: | 31 May, 1916[7] |
| Fate: | at the Battle of Jutland |
Contents
Construction
Indefatigable was laid down in Devonport Royal Dockyard on 23 February, 1909 by Mrs. Cross, wife of Vice-Admiral Charles H. Cross, the Admiral Superintendent.[8] She launched on Thursday, 28 October, by Lady Loreburn. Present were a large number of naval, military and local dignitaries. International guests were Captain Koerver, the German Naval Attaché, and Captains Petroff, Vlatkin, and Leskoff of the Imperial Russian Navy cruisers Diana, Aurora and Bogatyr. At five minutes to four, Lady Loreburn christened the ship with a bottle of Australian wine. She then severed a ceremonial cord and to the strains of "Rule Britannia" the Indefatigable went down the slipway.[9] Captain Arthur C. Leveson commissioned the Indefatigable at Devonport on 24 February, 1911.[10]
Service
Jutland
Alterations
In 1913, Indefatigable was slated as part of the seventeen ship order to receive a director. It was fitted sometime between December, 1915 and the Battle of Jutland.[11]
In 1910, it was decided that the telaupad control of the secondary battery in Neptune, Indefatigable, Hercules and Colossus should be replaced with Rudolph voicepipes. Other ships in the Home Fleet had also been experimentally fitted, but a report on a final decision was still pending.[12]
Captains
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
- Captain Arthur C. Leveson, 17 January, 1911.[13]
- Captain Charles F. Sowerby, 24 February, 1913.[14]
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 35.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 26.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 26.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 26.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 35.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 26.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 35.
- ↑ "The Indefatigable" (News). The Times. Friday, 24 February, 1911. Issue 39517, col E, p. 6.
- ↑ "Launch of Warships" (News). The Times. Friday, 29 October, 1909. Issue 39103, col F, p. 4.
- ↑ "The Indefatigable".
- ↑ The Technical History and Index: Fire Control in HM Ships, pp. 9-10.
- ↑ Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1910, p. 149. (A.L.G. 12731/10/18960 of 16 Aug 1910)
- ↑ Roberts. Battlecruisers. p. 122.
- ↑ The Navy List (December, 1914). p. 335.
Bibliography
- 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.
- Parkes, O.B.E., Ass.I.N.A., Dr. Oscar (1990). British Battleships 1860–1950. London: Pen & Sword Ltd. ISBN 0850526043. (on Bookfinder.com).
- Roberts, John (1997). Battlecruisers. London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 186176006X. Annapolis: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 1557500681. (on Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk).
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