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|name=Repulse
 
|name=Repulse
 
|launch=8 Jan, 1916{{DittColl|p. 36}}
 
|launch=8 Jan, 1916{{DittColl|p. 36}}
|builder=[[John Brown]], Clydebank<br>(Ship no. 443){{JohnstonClydebankBattlecruisers|Footers}}
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|builder=[[John Brown & Company]], Clydebank<br>(Ship no. 443){{JohnstonClydebankBattlecruisers|Footers}}
 
|laid=25 Jan, 1915{{Conways1906|p. 38}}
 
|laid=25 Jan, 1915{{Conways1906|p. 38}}
 
|fate=Sunk
 
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Recommissioned at Portsmouth on 1 January, 1921.{{NLJan21|p. 853}}
 
Recommissioned at Portsmouth on 1 January, 1921.{{NLJan21|p. 853}}
  
In 1923, the torpedoes were discharged at intervals of 105, 154, 198 and 410 seconds.{{ARTS1927|p. 54}}
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In 1923, in test firings of her submerged tubes, the torpedoes were discharged at intervals of 105, 154, 198 and 410 seconds.{{ARTS1927|p. 54}}
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Re-commissioned at Portsmouth on 31 December, 1924.{{NLApr25|p. 263}}
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Re-commissioned at Portsmouth on 1 January, 1929 for service with the {{UK-BCS}} supporting the [[Atlantic Fleet (Royal Navy)|Atlantic Fleet]].{{NLJul31|p. 264}}
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Re-commissioned on 14 October, 1932.  In early 1933, she was soon to reduce, being left in the care of Commander [[Philip Lloyd Neville|P. L. Neville]].{{NLJan33|p. 264}}
  
 
==Alterations==
 
==Alterations==
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==Captains==
 
==Captains==
 
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
 
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
<div name=fredbot:officeCapt title="Captain of {{UK-Repulse|f=p}}">
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<div name=fredbot:officeCapt otitle="Captain of H.M.S. ''Repulse''">
* {{CaptRN}} [[Cyril Thomas Moulden Fuller|Cyril T. M. Fuller]], 2 August, 1916.<ref>''The Navy List'' (December, 1916)p. 397''h''.</ref>
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Cyril Thomas Moulden Fuller|nick=Cyril T. M. Fuller|appt=2 August, 1916{{NLDec16|p. 397''h''}}|precBy=New Command|end=September, 1917<ref>Fuller Service Record{{TNA|ADM 196/43.}}  f. 460.</ref>}}
* Captain [[John Saumarez Dumaresq|John S. Dumaresq]], 24 September, 1917.<ref>''The Navy List'' (November, 1917)p. 397''k''.</ref>
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=John Saumarez Dumaresq|nick=John S. Dumaresq|appt=24 September, 1917{{NLNov17|p. 397''k''}}|end=6 November, 1917<ref>Dumaresq Service Record{{TNA|ADM 196/43.}}  f. 340.</ref>}}
* Captain [[William Henry Dudley Boyle, Twelfth Earl of Cork and Orrery|William H. D. Boyle]], 6 November, 1917.<ref>''The Navy List'' (December, 1918).  p. 892.</ref>
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=William Henry Dudley Boyle, Twelfth Earl of Cork and Orrery|nick=William H. D. Boyle|appt=6 November, 1917{{NLDec18|p. 892}}}}
Captain [[Alfred Dudley Pickman Rogers Pound|A. Dudley P. R. Pound]], 18 October, 1920.<ref>Pound Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/294}}.  f. 294.</ref>
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Alfred Dudley Pickman Rogers Pound|nick=A. Dudley P. R. Pound|appt=18 October, 1920<ref>Pound Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44.}} f. 294.</ref>|end=18 April, 1922<ref>Pound Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44.}} f. 294.</ref>}}
* Captain [[Frederic Charles Dreyer]], 18 April, 1922.<ref>Dreyer Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44}}.  f. 156.</ref>
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Frederic Charles Dreyer|nick=Frederic C. Dreyer|appt=18 April, 1922<ref>Dreyer Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44}}.  f. 156.</ref>|end=21 November, 1923<ref>Dreyer Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44.}} f. 156.</ref>}}
* Captain [[Henry Wise Parker|Henry W. Parker]], 21 November, 1923.<ref>Parker Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44}}.  f. 156.</ref>
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Henry Wise Parker|nick=Henry W. Parker|appt=21 November, 1923<ref>Parker Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44}}.  f. 156.</ref>|end=31 December, 1924<ref>Parker Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44.}} f. 156.</ref>}}
* Captain [[Herbert Willes Webley Hope]], November 1924.{{MackieRNW}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Herbert Willes Webley Hope|nick=Herbert W. W. Hope|appt=November, 1924{{NLApr25|p. 263}}|ass=31 December, 1924<ref>Date his predecessor left.  Parker Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44.}} f. 156.</ref>}}
* Captain [[Edward Ratcliffe Garth Russell Evans, First Baron Mountevans|Edward Ratcliffe Garth Russell Evans]], June 1926.{{MackieRNW}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Edward Ratcliffe Garth Russell Evans, First Baron Mountevans|nick=Edward R. G. R. Evans|appt=4 June, 1926{{NLJul27|p. 262}}<ref>Evans Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/46.|}} f. 40.</ref>|end=15 September, 1927<ref>Evans Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/46.|}} f. 40.</ref>}}
* Captain [[Theodore John Hallett]], September 1927.{{MackieRNW}}{{DreyerSeaHeritage|p. 287}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Theodore John Hallett|nick=Theodore J. Hallett|appt=15 September, 1927{{MackieRNW}}{{DreyerSeaHeritage|p. 287}}<ref>Day of month taken from predecessor.</ref>}}
* Captain [[Francis George Gillilan Chilton|Francis G. G. Chilton]], April, 1928.{{MackieRNW}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Francis George Gillilan Chilton|nick=Francis G. G. Chilton|appt=21 April, 1928<ref>Chilton Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/45.|D7603338}} f. 86.</ref>|end=26 November, 1929<ref>Chilton Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/45.|D7603338}} f. 86.</ref>}}
* Captain [[Gerald Charles Dickens|Gerald C. Dickens]], November, 1929.{{MackieRNW}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Gerald Charles Dickens|nick=Gerald C. Dickens|appt=26 November, 1929<ref>Dickens Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/45.|}} f. 138.</ref>|end=17 August, 1931<ref>Dickens Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/45.|}} f. 138.</ref>}}
* Captain [[Edward Owen Cochrane]], August, 1931.{{MackieRNW}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Edward Owen Cochrane|nick=Edward O. Cochrane|appt=17 May, 1931<ref>Cochrane Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/46.|}} f. 147.</ref>|ass=17 August, 1931<ref>Cochrane Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/46.|}} f. 147.</ref>|end=c. mid 1932<ref>Inferred from next appointment.  Cochrane Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/46.|}} f. 147.</ref>}}
* Captain [[John Henry Godfrey|John H. Godfrey]], January, 1936.{{MackieRNW}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Philip Lloyd Neville|nick=Philip L. Neville|appt=9 June, 1932{{NLJan33|p. 264}}|end=}}
* Captain [[Ernest John Spooner|Ernest J. Spooner]], December, 1938.{{MackieRNW}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=John Henry Godfrey|nick=John H. Godfrey|appt=2 January, 1936|end=19 December, 1938}}
* Captain [[William George Tennant|William G. Tennant]], June, 1940.{{MackieRNW}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Ernest John Spooner|nick=Ernest J. Spooner|appt=19 December, 1938{{NLMay39|p. 321}}|end=18 June, 1940}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=William George Tennant|nick=William G. Tennant|appt=18 June, 1940|end=8 December, 1941|succBy=Vessel Lost|note=ship sunk under his command}}
 
</div name=fredbot:officeCapt>
 
</div name=fredbot:officeCapt>
  
 
==See Also==
 
==See Also==
 
{{refbegin}}
 
{{refbegin}}
{{WP|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Repulse_(1916)}}
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* [http://www.naval-history.net/OWShips-WW1-02-HMS_Repulse.htm Transcribed Ship Logs at naval-history.net]
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{{WP|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Repulse_(1916)}}
 
{{refend}}
 
{{refend}}
  

Revision as of 08:37, 20 April 2018

H.M.S. Repulse (1916)
Pendant Number: 54 (Jan 916)
0A (Jan 1918)
26 (April, 1918)[1]
Builder: John Brown & Company, Clydebank
(Ship no. 443)[2]
Laid down: 25 Jan, 1915[3]
Launched: 8 Jan, 1916[4]
Commissioned: Aug, 1916[5]
Sunk: 10 Dec, 1941[6]
Fate: off Malaya

Service

Recommissioned at Portsmouth on 1 January, 1921.[7]

In 1923, in test firings of her submerged tubes, the torpedoes were discharged at intervals of 105, 154, 198 and 410 seconds.[8]

Re-commissioned at Portsmouth on 31 December, 1924.[9]

Re-commissioned at Portsmouth on 1 January, 1929 for service with the Battle Cruiser Squadron supporting the Atlantic Fleet.[10]

Re-commissioned on 14 October, 1932. In early 1933, she was soon to reduce, being left in the care of Commander P. L. Neville.[11]

Alterations

Repulse was completed with her main battery director in place, but had her secondary battery director system installed in September, 1916 — one month after she entered service.[12]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 36.
  2. Clydebank Battlecruisers. Footers.
  3. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 38.
  4. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 36.
  5. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 38.
  6. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 36.
  7. The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 853.
  8. Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1927. p. 54.
  9. The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 263.
  10. The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 264.
  11. The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 264.
  12. The Technical History and Index: Fire Control in HM Ships, pp. 9-11, 16.
  13. The Navy List. (December, 1916). p. 397h.
  14. Fuller Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 460.
  15. The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 397k.
  16. Dumaresq Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 340.
  17. The Navy List. (December, 1918). p. 892.
  18. Pound Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 294.
  19. Pound Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 294.
  20. Dreyer Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 156.
  21. Dreyer Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 156.
  22. Parker Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 156.
  23. Parker Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 156.
  24. The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 263.
  25. The Navy List. (July, 1927). p. 262.
  26. Evans Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46. f. 40.
  27. Evans Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46. f. 40.
  28. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  29. Dreyer. The Sea Heritage. p. 287.
  30. Day of month taken from predecessor.
  31. Chilton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45. f. 86.
  32. Chilton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45. f. 86.
  33. Dickens Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45. f. 138.
  34. Dickens Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45. f. 138.
  35. Cochrane Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46. f. 147.
  36. Inferred from next appointment. Cochrane Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46. f. 147.
  37. The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 264.
  38. The Navy List. (May, 1939). p. 321.

Bibliography


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