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==Construction and Acceptance==
 
==Construction and Acceptance==
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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''.<ref>Johnston. p. 16.</ref>
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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''.{{JohnstonClydebankBattlecruisers|p. 16}}
  
 
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The ship's heavy gun mountings were manufactured by Vicker's, whereas her sisters' were by Armstrong's.  ''Inflexible'''s guns were criticised for "poor training control .  The creep is not at all good; the turrets to do not start or stop with precision, the reversal of direction of training is erratic," and a pointed contrast made with the same fittings in the other ships.  Moreover, the fire control arrangements were not ready by the time of the gun tests.<ref>Johnston. p. 16.</ref>
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The ship's heavy gun mountings were manufactured by Vicker's, whereas her sisters' were by Armstrong's.  ''Inflexible'''s guns were criticised for "poor training control .  The creep is not at all good; the turrets to do not start or stop with precision, the reversal of direction of training is erratic," and a pointed contrast made with the same fittings in the other ships.  Moreover, the fire control arrangements were not ready by the time of the gun tests.{{JohnstonClydebankBattlecruisers|p. 16}}
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==Service==
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In mid-1913, ''Inflexible'' was Admiral Milne's flagship in the Mediterranean.{{NLJul13|p. 332}}
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===Pursuit of Goeben and Breslau===
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:{{Main|Pursuit of Goeben and Breslau}}
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===Battle of the Falklands===
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:{{Main|Battle of the Falklands}}
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===Operations in the Dardanelles===
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===Battle of Jutland===
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:{{Main|H.M.S. Inflexible at the Battle of Jutland}}
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===Post-War===
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''Inflexible'' paid off at the Nore on 31 March, 1920.{{NLJan21|p. 792}}
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==Navigational Equipment==
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The ship was one of seven which tested [[Willis and Robinson Electric Revolution Telegraph]]s.  Testing was completed in late 1913.{{AWO1913|607 of 24 Oct, 1913}}
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==Radio==
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Sometime before 1913, she may have also had a [[Type 3 Wireless Set|Type 3 Battleship Auxiliary set]], but it was to be replaced by a [[Type 10 Wireless Set|Type 10 Cruiser Auxiliary set]].{{ARTS1913|W/T Appendix, p. 13}}
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==Boats==
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In July 1914, the ship was appropriated 42-foot motor launch No. 260, though the boat was not yet delivered from the contractor.{{AWO1914|122 of 10 July, 1914}}
  
 
==Alterations==
 
==Alterations==
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By November, 1909, ''Inflexible'' had her training engines' control machinery altered from the original combination of a two-position lever for direction and a hand-wheel operated "creep valve" to control the speed of traversal to a hand wheel which controlled both functions and made operation much less clumsy and permitted a training rate of 3 degrees per second, albeit requiring three full turns of the wheel to get there.<ref>Brooks.  ''Dreadnought Gunnery and the Battle of Jutland'', pp. 45-46.</ref> 
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By November, 1909, ''Inflexible'' had her training engines' control machinery altered from the original combination of a two-position lever for direction and a hand-wheel operated "creep valve" to control the speed of traversal to a hand wheel which controlled both functions and made operation much less clumsy and permitted a training rate of 3 degrees per second, albeit requiring three full turns of the wheel to get there.{{BrooksDGBJ|pp. 45-46}}
  
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In 1913, ''Inflexible'' was slated as part of the [[British Adoption of the Director#Early Orders|seventeen ship order]] to receive a director.  It was fitted sometime between December, 1915 and the [[Battle of Jutland]].<ref>''The Technical History and Index: Fire Control in HM Ships'', pp. 9-11.</ref>
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In 1913, ''Inflexible'' was slated as part of the [[British Adoption of the Director#Early Orders|seventeen ship order]] to receive a director.  It was fitted sometime between December, 1915 and the [[Battle of Jutland]].{{FCHMShips|pp. 9-11}}
  
 
==Captains==
 
==Captains==
 
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
 
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
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*{{CaptRN}} [[Henry Holland Torlesse|Henry H. Torlesse]], 1 June, 1908.<ref name=Roberts122>Roberts.  ''Battlecruisers''.  p. 122.</ref>
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*Captain [[Charles Lionel Napier|Charles L. Napier]], 14 December, 1909.<ref name=Roberts122/>
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Henry Holland Torlesse|nick=Henry H. Torlesse|appt=1 June, 1908{{RobertsBattlecruisers|p. 122}}<ref>Torlesse Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/39.}} f. 1314.</ref>|end=14 December, 1909<ref>Torlesse Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/39.}} f. 1314.</ref>|precBy=New Command}}
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*Captain [[Richard Fortescue Phillimore|Richard F. Phillimore]], 21 November, 1911.<ref name=Roberts122/>  
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Charles Lionel Napier|nick=Charles L. Napier|appt=14 December, 1909{{RobertsBattlecruisers|p. 122}}<ref>Napier Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 72.</ref>|end=21 November, 1911<ref>Napier Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 72.</ref>}}
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*Captain [[Robert Stewart Phipps Hornby|Robert S. Phipps Hornby]], 8 May, 1912.<ref name=Roberts122/>
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Richard Fortescue Phillimore|nick=Richard F. Phillimore|appt=21 November, 1911<ref>Phillimore Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 29<sup><u>a</u></sup>.</ref>|end=14 May, 1912<ref>Phillimore Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 29<sup><u>a</u></sup></ref>}}
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*Captain [[Arthur Noel Loxley|Arthur N. Loxley]], 5 November, 1912.<ref name=Roberts122/>   
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Robert Stewart Phipps Hornby|nick=Robert S. Phipps Hornby|appt=14 May, 1912<ref>Hornby Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 338.</ref>|end=4 November, 1912<ref>Hornby Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 338.</ref>}}
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*Captain Richard F. Phillimore, 28 August, 1914.<ref>''The Navy List'' (December, 1914).  p. 337.</ref>
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Arthur Noel Loxley|nick=Arthur N. Loxley|appt=5 November, 1912{{NLJul13|p. 332}}<ref>Loxley Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44.}}  f. 33.</ref>|end=28 August, 1914<ref>Loxley Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/44.}}  f. 33.</ref>|note=and as Flag Captain}}
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*Captain [[Edward Henry Fitzhardinge Heaton-Ellis|Edward H. F. Heaton-Ellis]], 13 April, 1915.<ref>''The Navy List'' (October, 1915).  p. 395''a''.</ref>
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Richard Fortescue Phillimore|nick=Richard F. Phillimore|appt=28 August, 1914<ref>Phillimore Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 29<sup><u>a</u></sup>.</ref>|end=13 April, 1915<ref>Phillimore Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 29<sup><u>a</u></sup></ref>|note=in command at the [[Battle of the Falkland Islands]]}}
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*Captain [[Bertram Sackville Thesiger|Bertram S. Thesiger]], 21 August, 1917.<ref>''The Navy List'' (November, 1916).  p. 394''r''.</ref>
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Edward Henry Fitzhardinge Heaton-Ellis|nick=Edward H. F. Heaton-Ellis|appt=13 April, 1915{{NLDec16|p. 395''k''}}|note=in command at [[Battle of Jutland]]|end=29 November, 1916<ref>Heaton-Ellis Service Record.  {{TNA||ADM 196/43.}} f. 20/38.</ref>}}
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*Captain [[James Rose Price Hawksley|James R. P. Hawksley]], November, 1917.<ref>''The Navy List'' (December, 1918).  p. 820.</ref>
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Arthur Allan Morison Duff|nick=Arthur A. M. Duff|appt=29 November, 1916<ref>Duff Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}}  f. 390.</ref>}}
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*Captain [[Ernest William Denison|Ernest W. Denison]], 15 March, 1919.<ref>''The Navy List'' (August, 1919). p. 820.</ref>
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Bertram Sackville Thesiger|nick=Bertram S. Thesiger|appt=21 August, 1917{{NLNov17|p. 394''r''}}<ref>Thesiger Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}} f. 472.</ref>|end=November, 1917<ref>Thesiger Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}} f. 472.</ref>}}
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* Captain [[Arthur Allan Morison Duff]],
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=James Rose Price Hawksley|nick=James R. P. Hawksley|appt=November, 1917{{NLFeb19|p. 820}}|end=}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Ernest William Denison|nick=Ernest W. Denison|appt=15 March, 1919{{NLAug19|p. 820}}|end=31 March, 1920|note=and as Flag Captain to R.A.C. Nore Reserve}}
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==See Also==
 
==See Also==
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{{WP|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Inflexible_(1907)}}
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{{refbegin}}
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* [http://www.naval-history.net/OWShips-WW1-02-HMS_Inflexible.htm Transcribed Ship Logs at naval-history.net]
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{{WP|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Inflexible_(1907)}}
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{{refend}}
  
 
==Footnotes==
 
==Footnotes==

Revision as of 16:35, 5 April 2018

H.M.S. Inflexible (1907)
Pendant Number: 83 (1914)
75 (Jan 1918)
47 (April, 1918)[1]
Builder: John Brown & Company, Clydebank
(Ship no. 374)[2]
Laid down: 5 Feb, 1906[3]
Launched: 26 Jun, 1907[4]
Commissioned: Oct, 1908[5]
Sold: 1 Dec, 1921[6]
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.[7]

Construction Costs, pounds Sterling[8]
Hull and fittings 785,512
Propelling and Machinery 467,976
Hydraulics and Air Compressing 311,696
Gun mountings 12,824
Total 1,578,373

The ship's heavy gun mountings were manufactured by Vicker's, whereas her sisters' were by Armstrong's. Inflexible's guns were criticised for "poor training control . The creep is not at all good; the turrets to do not start or stop with precision, the reversal of direction of training is erratic," and a pointed contrast made with the same fittings in the other ships. Moreover, the fire control arrangements were not ready by the time of the gun tests.[9]

Service

In mid-1913, Inflexible was Admiral Milne's flagship in the Mediterranean.[10]

Pursuit of Goeben and Breslau

Main article: Pursuit of Goeben and Breslau

Battle of the Falklands

Main article: Battle of the Falklands

Operations in the Dardanelles

Battle of Jutland

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

Post-War

Inflexible paid off at the Nore on 31 March, 1920.[11]

Navigational Equipment

The ship was one of seven which tested Willis and Robinson Electric Revolution Telegraphs. Testing was completed in late 1913.[12]

Radio

Sometime before 1913, she may have also had a Type 3 Battleship Auxiliary set, but it was to be replaced by a Type 10 Cruiser Auxiliary set.[13]

Boats

In July 1914, the ship was appropriated 42-foot motor launch No. 260, though the boat was not yet delivered from the contractor.[14]

Alterations

By November, 1909, Inflexible had her training engines' control machinery altered from the original combination of a two-position lever for direction and a hand-wheel operated "creep valve" to control the speed of traversal to a hand wheel which controlled both functions and made operation much less clumsy and permitted a training rate of 3 degrees per second, albeit requiring three full turns of the wheel to get there.[15]

In 1913, Inflexible 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.[16]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 35.
  2. ↑ Clydebank Battlecruisers. Footers.
  3. ↑ Clydebank Battlecruisers. p. 15.
  4. ↑ Clydebank Battlecruisers. p. 16.
  5. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 24.
  6. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 35.
  7. ↑ Clydebank Battlecruisers. p. 16.
  8. ↑ Clydebank Battlecruisers. p. 16.
  9. ↑ Clydebank Battlecruisers. p. 16.
  10. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 332.
  11. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 792.
  12. ↑ Admiralty Weekly Order No. 607 of 24 Oct, 1913.
  13. ↑ Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1913. W/T Appendix, p. 13.
  14. ↑ Admiralty Weekly Order No. 122 of 10 July, 1914.
  15. ↑ Brooks. Dreadnought Gunnery. pp. 45-46.
  16. ↑ The Technical History and Index, Vol. 3, Part 23. pp. 9-11.
  17. ↑ Roberts. Battlecruisers. p. 122.
  18. ↑ Torlesse Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 1314.
  19. ↑ Torlesse Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 1314.
  20. ↑ Roberts. Battlecruisers. p. 122.
  21. ↑ Napier Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 72.
  22. ↑ Napier Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 72.
  23. ↑ Phillimore Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 29a.
  24. ↑ Phillimore Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 29a
  25. ↑ Hornby Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 338.
  26. ↑ Hornby Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 338.
  27. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 332.
  28. ↑ Loxley Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 33.
  29. ↑ Loxley Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 33.
  30. ↑ Phillimore Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 29a.
  31. ↑ Phillimore Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 29a
  32. ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1916). p. 395k.
  33. ↑ Heaton-Ellis Service Record. The National Archives. 196/43. f. 20/38.
  34. ↑ Duff Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 390.
  35. ↑ The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 394r.
  36. ↑ Thesiger Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 472.
  37. ↑ Thesiger Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 472.
  38. ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 820.
  39. ↑ The Navy List. (August, 1919). p. 820.

Bibliography


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