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Revision as of 11:11, 1 March 2015
H.M.S. King Alfred (1901) | |
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Pendant Number: | P.10 (1914) P.98 (Jan 1918)[1] |
Builder: | Vickers, Barrow[2] |
Ordered: | 1898-99 Programme[3] |
Laid down: | 11 Aug, 1899[4] |
Launched: | 28 Oct, 1901[5] |
Commissioned: | 22 Dec, 1903[6] |
Sold: | 30 Jan, 1920[7] |
Fate: | Scrapped |
Service
On 18 June 1910, she collided with S.S. Chesapeake. It was determined that Captain Doughty was to blame, and he was admonished in the incident.[8]
Alterations
In mid-1913 it was approved that King Alfred receive a Mark III Dumaresq, Pattern 760. Having been supplied with the Mark III variant, she was to surrender a Mark I instrument previously allotted.[9]
In October 1914, the ship was to be given 22 Pattern 1582 Electric Radiators to warm cabins whose stoves could not be used for heating them.[10]
Captains
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
- Captain Frederick L. Campbell, 21 July, 1903[11]
- Captain Herbert G. King-Hall, 22 December, 1903[12] – 18 April, 1904[13]
- Captain Godfrey H. B. Mundy, January, 1905[14]
- Captain Cecil F. Thursby, December, 1905[15]
- Captain Lewis Clinton-Baker, 1 February, 1908[16] – 6 June, 1910[17]
- Captain Eustace La T. Leatham, 5 January, 1910[18]
- Captain Henry M. Doughty, 13 June, 1910[19] – 9 January, 1911[20] (and as Flag Captain)
- Captain Walter M. Ellerton, January, 1913[21]
- Captain John D. Edwards, 16 July, 1913[22]
- Commander Richard H. Walters, 21 January, 1914[23]
- Captain George P. W. Hope, 29 July, 1914[24] – 1 October, 1914[25]
- Captain Henry B. T. Somerville, September, 1915[26]
- Captain Frank O. Lewis, September, 1916[27]
- Captain John G. Armstrong, August, 1917[28]
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 42.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 69.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 69.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 69.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 69.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 69.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 42.
- ↑ Doughty Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 141.
- ↑ Admiralty Weekly Order No. 283 of 6 June, 1913.
- ↑ Admiralty Weekly Order No. 512 of 16 Oct, 1914.
- ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Thursday, 16 July, 1903. Issue 37134, col D, p. 8.
- ↑ King-Hall Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 42.
- ↑ King-Hall Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/20. f. 283.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1908). p. 336.
- ↑ Clinton-Baker Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 394.
- ↑ Leatham Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 147.
- ↑ Doughty Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 141.
- ↑ Doughty Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 141.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Edwards Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 212.
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1914). p. 334.
- ↑ Hope Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 44.
- ↑ Hope Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 23/44.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 395f.
- ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1916). p. 395'r.
- ↑ The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 394w.
Bibliography
- Chesneau, Robert; Kolesnik, Eugene (editors) (1979). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. London: Conway Maritime Press. (on Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk).
- Dittmar, F.J.; Colledge, J.J. (1972). British Warships 1914–1919. London: Ian Allan.
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