H.M.S. Repulse (1916)
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| H.M.S. Repulse (1916) | |
|---|---|
| Pendant Number: | 54 (Jan 916) 0A (Jan 1918) 26 (April, 1918)[1] |
| Builder: | John Brown, 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, the torpedoes were discharged at intervals of 105, 154, 198 and 410 seconds.[8]
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.[9]
Captains
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
- Captain Cyril T. M. Fuller, 2 August, 1916[10] – September, 1917[11]
- Captain John S. Dumaresq, 24 September, 1917[12] – 6 November, 1917[13]
- Captain William H. D. Boyle, 6 November, 1917[14]
- Captain A. Dudley P. R. Pound, 18 October, 1920[15] – 18 April, 1922[16]
- Captain Frederic C. Dreyer, 18 April, 1922[17] – 21 November, 1923[18]
- Captain Henry W. Parker, 21 November, 1923[19] – 31 December, 1924[20]
- Captain Herbert W. W. Hope, November, 1924[21]
- Captain Edward Ratcliffe Garth Russell Evans, 4 June, 1926[22] – 15 September, 1927[23]
- Captain Theodore J. Hallett, 15 September, 1927[24][25][26]
- Captain Francis G. G. Chilton, 21 April, 1928[27] – 26 November, 1929[28]
- Captain Gerald C. Dickens, 26 November, 1929[29] – 17 August, 1931[30]
- Captain Edward O. Cochrane, 17 May, 1931[31] – c. mid 1932[32]
- Captain John H. Godfrey, 2 January, 1936 – 19 December, 1938
- Captain Ernest J. Spooner, December, 1938[33]
- Captain William G. Tennant, June, 1940[34]
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 36.
- ↑ Clydebank Battlecruisers. Footers.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 38.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 36.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 38.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 36.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 853.
- ↑ Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1927. p. 54.
- ↑ The Technical History and Index: Fire Control in HM Ships, pp. 9-11, 16.
- ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1916). p. 397h.
- ↑ Fuller Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 460.
- ↑ The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 397k.
- ↑ Dumaresq Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 340.
- ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1918). p. 892.
- ↑ Pound Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 294.
- ↑ Pound Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 294.
- ↑ Dreyer Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 156.
- ↑ Dreyer Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 156.
- ↑ Parker Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 156.
- ↑ Parker Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 156.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Evans Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46. f. 40.
- ↑ Evans Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46. f. 40.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Dreyer. The Sea Heritage. p. 287.
- ↑ Day of month taken from predecessor.
- ↑ Chilton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45. f. 86.
- ↑ Chilton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45. f. 86.
- ↑ Dickens Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45. f. 138.
- ↑ Dickens Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45. f. 138.
- ↑ Cochrane Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46. f. 147.
- ↑ Inferred from next appointment. Cochrane Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46. f. 147.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
Bibliography
- Admiralty, Technical History Section (1919). The Technical History and Index: Fire Control in H.M. Ships. Vol. 3, Part 23. C.B. 1515 (23) now O.U. 6171/14. At The National Archives. ADM 275/19.
- Roberts, John (1997). Battlecruisers. London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 186176006X. Annapolis: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 1557500681. (on Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk).
- Johnston, Ian (2011). Clydebank Battlecruisers: Forgotten Photographs from John Brown's Shipyard. South Yorkshire: Seaforth Publishing, Pen & Sword Books. (on Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk).
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