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''Lion'' was equipped with the Vickers-designed<ref>Roberts.  ''Battlecruisers''.  p. 87.</ref> 13.5-inch gun and mounting.  Her mountings were constructed by Armstrongs and fired the 1,250lb projectile, and were designated MkII.  The gun firing circuits were powered by on-mounting dynamos driven by water-turbine Pelton wheels fed by the hydraulic main.<ref>Roberts.  ''Battlecruisers''.  p. 88.</ref>
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''Lion'' was taken in hand by Devonport Dockyard on 12 February, 1912.  At that time her acceptance trial was projected to take place on 11 March.<ref>"The Battle Cruiser Lion" (News).  ''The Times''.  Tuesday, 13 February, 1912.  Issue '''39820''', col B, pg. 8.</ref>  She commissioned at Devonport on 4 June as Flagship of Rear-Admiral [[Lewis Bayly]].<ref>Roberts.  ''Battlecruisers''.  p. 123.</ref>
  
 
==Career==
 
==Career==

Revision as of 10:55, 25 January 2010

H.M.S. Lion
Career Details
Pendant Number: 67 (Apr 1918)[1]
Built By: Devonport Royal Dockyard
Laid Down: 29 November, 1909
Launched: 6 August, 1910
Commissioned: 4 June, 1912
Sold: 31 January, 1924
Fate: Scrapped

Construction

Armament

Lion was equipped with the Vickers-designed[2] 13.5-inch gun and mounting. Her mountings were constructed by Armstrongs and fired the 1,250lb projectile, and were designated MkII. The gun firing circuits were powered by on-mounting dynamos driven by water-turbine Pelton wheels fed by the hydraulic main.[3]

Reconstruction

Lion was taken in hand by Devonport Dockyard on 12 February, 1912. At that time her acceptance trial was projected to take place on 11 March.[4] She commissioned at Devonport on 4 June as Flagship of Rear-Admiral Lewis Bayly.[5]

Career

Lion taking aboard 13.5-inch shells.
Photo: Library and Archives Canada PA-6591.

Late war Gunnery Officer William Bayard Hynes

Jutland

Officer in charge of T/S at Jutland Sub-Lieutenant R.P. Selby

According to the notes of Lieutenant-Commander Gerald Fortescue Longhurst, Lion's "A", "B", and "X" turrets expended 314 rounds of 13.5-inch A.P.C. Lyddite shell. "A" turret expended 95, "B" 107, "X" 112, and "Q" turret 12 before loss. At 20:38 "A" turret had 56 rounds per gun remaining, "B" 50, and "X" 50.[6]

Alterations

In 1913, Lion was slated as part of the seventeen ship order to receive a director. It was fitted sometime after the war started but prior to May, 1915.[7]

In May, 1917, in recognition of shortcomings in the use of directing guns, it was ordered that Lion and Princess Royal should be fitted with a second tripod-type director aft, as described on the class page. Lion received her second director during a refit in September, 1918.[8]

Fate

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919
  2. ↑ Roberts. Battlecruisers. p. 87.
  3. ↑ Roberts. Battlecruisers. p. 88.
  4. ↑ "The Battle Cruiser Lion" (News). The Times. Tuesday, 13 February, 1912. Issue 39820, col B, pg. 8.
  5. ↑ Roberts. Battlecruisers. p. 123.
  6. ↑ British Library. Jellicoe Papers. Add. MSS. 49029. f. 107.
  7. ↑ The Technical History and Index: Fire Control in HM Ships, pp. 9-10.
  8. ↑ The Technical History and Index: Fire Control in HM Ships, pp. 18-9.

Bibliography

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