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<div name=fredbot:career>{{ShipCareer|fullname=H.M.S. ''Repulse'' (1916)|fate2=off Malaya
|align="center" colspan="2"|'''H.M.S. ''Repulse'''''
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|comm=Aug, 1916{{Conways1906|p. 38}}
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|fatedate=10 Dec, 1941{{DittColl|p. 36}}
!style="color: white; height: 30px; background: crimson;"| Career
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!style="color: white; height: 30px; background: crimson;"| Details
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|name=Repulse
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|launch=8 Jan, 1916{{DittColl|p. 36}}
|Pendant Number:
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|builder=[[John Brown & Company]], Clydebank<br>(Ship no. 443){{JohnstonClydebankBattlecruisers|Footers}}
|26 (April, 1918)<ref>Dittmar & Colledge.</ref>
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|laid=25 Jan, 1915{{Conways1906|p. 38}}
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|fate=Sunk
|Built By:
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|pend=54 (Jan 916)<br>0A (Jan 1918)<br>26 (April, 1918){{DittColl|p. 36}}
|[[John Brown, Clydebank]]<br>(Ship no. 443)<ref>Johnston. ''Clydebank Battlecruisers'', Footers.</ref>
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|fg=white|bg=crimson}}</div name=fredbot:career>
|-
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|Laid Down:
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|25 January, 1915
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|Launched:
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|8 January, 1916
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|Commissioned:
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|18 August, 1916
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|Sunk:
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|10 December, 1941
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|-
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|Fate:
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|Sunk off Malaya
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|}
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==Alterations==
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==Construction & Service==
 
''Repulse'' was completed with her main battery director in place, but had her secondary battery director system installed in September, 1916 &mdash; one month after she entered service.<ref>''The Technical History and Index: Fire Control in HM Ships'', pp. 9-11, 16.</ref>
 
''Repulse'' was completed with her main battery director in place, but had her secondary battery director system installed in September, 1916 &mdash; one month after she entered service.<ref>''The Technical History and Index: Fire Control in HM Ships'', pp. 9-11, 16.</ref>
  
==Captains==
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Recommissioned at Portsmouth on 1 January, 1921.{{NLJan21|p. 853}}
Dates of appointment given:
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*{{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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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}}
*Captain [[John Saumarez Dumaresq|John S. Dumaresq]], 24 September, 1917.<ref>''The Navy List'' (November, 1917)p. 397''k''.</ref>
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*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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Re-commissioned at Portsmouth on 31 December, 1924.{{NLApr25|p. 263}}
* Captain [[Alfred Dudley Pickman Rogers Pound|A. Dudley P. R. Pound]], 18 October, 1920.<ref>Pound Service Record.  The National Archives.  ADM 196/44.  f. 294.</ref>
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*Captain [[Frederic Charles Dreyer]], 18 April, 1922.<ref>Dreyer Service Record.  The National Archives.  ADM 196/44. f. 156.</ref>
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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}}
*Captain [[Henry Wise Parker|Henry W. Parker]], 21 November, 1923.<ref>Parker Service Record.  The National Archives.  ADM 196/44.  f. 156.</ref>
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* Captain [[Edward Owen Cochrane]],
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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}}
*Captain [[Theodore John Hallett]], postwar, prior to 1928.<{{DreyerSeaHeritage|p. 287}}
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Completed to full complement on 14 April, 1936.{{NLJul37|p. 267}}
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==Captains==
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Dates of appointment are provided when known.
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<div name=fredbot:officeCapt otitle="Captain of H.M.S. ''Repulse''">
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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>}}
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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>}}
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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}}}}
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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>}}
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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>}}
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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>}}
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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 leftParker Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44.}} f. 156.</ref>}}
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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>}}
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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>}}
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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>}}
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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>}}
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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>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Philip Lloyd Neville|nick=Philip L. Neville|appt=9 June, 1932{{NLJan33|p. 264}}|end=}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=John Henry Godfrey|nick=John H. Godfrey|appt=2 January, 1936{{NLJul37|p. 266}}|end=19 December, 1938}}
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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}}
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</div name=fredbot:officeCapt>
  
 
==See Also==
 
==See Also==
{{WP|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Repulse_(1916)}}
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{{refbegin}}
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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)}}
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{{refend}}
  
 
==Footnotes==
 
==Footnotes==
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==Bibliography==
 
==Bibliography==
 
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Revision as of 08:45, 22 June 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

Construction & Service

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.[7]

Recommissioned at Portsmouth on 1 January, 1921.[8]

In 1923, in test firings of her submerged tubes, the torpedoes were discharged at intervals of 105, 154, 198 and 410 seconds.[9]

Re-commissioned at Portsmouth on 31 December, 1924.[10]

Re-commissioned at Portsmouth on 1 January, 1929 for service with the Battle Cruiser Squadron supporting the Atlantic Fleet.[11]

Re-commissioned on 14 October, 1932. In early 1933, she was soon to reduce, being left in the care of Commander P. L. Neville.[12]

Completed to full complement on 14 April, 1936.[13]

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 Technical History and Index: Fire Control in HM Ships, pp. 9-11, 16.
  8. The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 853.
  9. Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1927. p. 54.
  10. The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 263.
  11. The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 264.
  12. The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 264.
  13. The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 267.
  14. The Navy List. (December, 1916). p. 397h.
  15. Fuller Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 460.
  16. The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 397k.
  17. Dumaresq Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 340.
  18. The Navy List. (December, 1918). p. 892.
  19. Pound Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 294.
  20. Pound Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 294.
  21. Dreyer Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 156.
  22. Dreyer Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 156.
  23. Parker Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 156.
  24. Parker Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 156.
  25. The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 263.
  26. The Navy List. (July, 1927). p. 262.
  27. Evans Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46. f. 40.
  28. Evans Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46. f. 40.
  29. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  30. Dreyer. The Sea Heritage. p. 287.
  31. Day of month taken from predecessor.
  32. Chilton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45. f. 86.
  33. Chilton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45. f. 86.
  34. Dickens Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45. f. 138.
  35. Dickens Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45. f. 138.
  36. Cochrane Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46. f. 147.
  37. Inferred from next appointment. Cochrane Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46. f. 147.
  38. The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 264.
  39. The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 266.
  40. The Navy List. (May, 1939). p. 321.

Bibliography


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