H.M.S. Repulse (1916)

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H.M.S. Repulse
Career Details
Pendant Number: 26 (April, 1918)[1]
Built By: John Brown, Clydebank
(Ship no. 443)[2]
Laid Down: 25 January, 1915
Launched: 8 January, 1916
Commissioned: 18 August, 1916
Sunk: 10 December, 1941
Fate: Sunk off Malaya

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.[3]

Captains

Dates of appointment given:

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Dittmar & Colledge.
  2. Johnston. Clydebank Battlecruisers, Footers.
  3. The Technical History and Index: Fire Control in HM Ships, pp. 9-11, 16.
  4. The Navy List (December, 1916). p. 397h.
  5. The Navy List (November, 1917). p. 397k.
  6. The Navy List (December, 1918). p. 892.
  7. Pound Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 294.
  8. Dreyer Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 156.
  9. Parker Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 156.
  10. Dreyer. The Sea Heritage. p. 287.

Bibliography


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