H.M.S. Monarch (1911)
From The Dreadnought Project
| H.M.S. Monarch | |
| Career | Details |
|---|---|
| Pendant Number: | 60 (April, 1918)[1] |
| Built By: | Armstrong's, Elswick |
| Laid Down: | 1 April, 1910 |
| Launched: | 30 March, 1911 |
| Commissioned: | 27 April, 1912 |
| Sunk: | 20 January, 1925 |
| Fate: | Expended as target |
Contents
Main Armament
Monarch was built with 13.5-inch Mk II mountings for her guns.[2]
Alterations
In 1913, Monarch was slated as part of the twelve ship order to receive a director along the lines of that developed in Neptune. She was fully equipped sometime in 1914 prior to the start of the war.[3]
By the end of 1915, and probably during 1915, she received one of the first three sets of Walker's Instruments, presumably for trial.[4]
In 1916 or soon thereafter, she would have received Evershed Bearing Indicators for her main battery, as approved in 1916.[5]
Fate
Commanding Officers
Dates of appointment given:
- Captain Edmund H. Smith, 16 June, 1913.[6]
- Captain Frederick L. Field, 17 September, 1915.[7]
- Captain Sidney R. Drury-Lowe, 7 April, 1918.[8]
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 33.
- ↑ Hodges. The Big Gun. p. 62.
- ↑ The Technical History and Index: Fire Control in HM Ships. pp. 9-10.
- ↑ Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1915, p. 60.
- ↑ Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1916, p. 145.
- ↑ Navy List (December, 1914). p. 358.
- ↑ Navy List (October, 1915). p. 396c.
- ↑ Navy List (December, 1918). p. 847.
Bibliography
- Dittmar, F.J.; Colledge, J.J. (1972). British Warships 1914–1919. London: Ian Allan.
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