H.M.S. Indomitable (1907)

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H.M.S. Indomitable
Career Details
Pendant Numbers: 77 (1914)
75 (Jan, 1918)
05 (Apr, 1918)[1]
Built By: Fairfield, Govan
Laid Down: 1 March, 1906[2]
Launched: 16 March, 1907[3]
Commissioned: 25 June, 1909
Sold: 1 December, 1921
Fate: Scrapped

Construction and Acceptance

When in December 1906 Indomitable's anchor and hawsepipe arrangements seemed problematic in mock-up, Lusitania was fitting out in Clydebank, and it was observed that she had a more elegant plan. It was mimicked for Inflexible and Indomitable.[4]

Construction Costs, pounds Sterling[5]
Hull and fittings 801,066
Propelling and Machinery 476,539
Hydraulics and Air Compressing 325,708
Gun mountings 12,979
Total 1,617,791

Radio

Indomitable received the first sea-going Service Mark II radio set, and conducted range tests to Vernon while on her voyage to Quebec in 1908.[6]

Main Battery

Indomitable incorporated new turret training engines controlled by a single wheel which proved a great advance over earlier equipment. The new gear showed "marked reduction in throw-off and good control of starting, stopping and creep with little effort on the handwheel.[7]

Alterations

In 1913, Indomitable 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.[8]

Commanding Officers

Dates of appointment given:

Jutland

See Reports

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships: 1914-1919. p. 35.
  2. Johnston. Clydebank Battlecruisers, p. 15.
  3. Johnston. Clydebank Battlecruisers, p. 16.
  4. Johnston. Clydebank Battlecruisers, p. 16.
  5. Johnston. Clydebank Battlecruisers, p. 16.
  6. ARTS 1908 Wireless Appendix, p. 14.
  7. Brooks. Dreadnought Gunnery and the Battle of Jutland, p. 46.
  8. The Technical History and Index: Fire Control in HM Ships, pp. 9-11.
  9. "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Friday, 17 April, 1908. Issue 38623, col E, pg. 9.
  10. 10.0 10.1 10.2 Roberts. Battlecruisers. p. 122.
  11. Navy List (December, 1914). p. 336.
  12. Navy List (December, 1916). p. 395j.

Bibliography

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