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*{{CaptRN}} [[Crawford Maclachlan]], 25 January, 1916.<ref>''The Navy List'' (December, 1918).  p. 899.</ref>
 
*Captain [[Frederic Aubrey Whitehead|Frederic A. Whitehead]], 19 January, 1919.<ref>''The Navy List'' (August, 1919).  p. 899.</ref>
 
*Captain [[Frederic Aubrey Whitehead|Frederic A. Whitehead]], 19 January, 1919.<ref>''The Navy List'' (August, 1919).  p. 899.</ref>
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*Captain [[Kenneth Gilbert Balmain Dewar|Kenneth G. B. Dewar]], 15 October, 1927.<ref>Dewar Service Record.  The National Archives.  ADM 196/45.  f. 59.</ref>
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*Captain [[Percival Henry Hall Thompson]], January 1921.{{MackieRNW}}
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*Captain [[Charles Andrew Fountaine]], April 1924.{{MackieRNW}}
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*Captain Claude Seymour, September 1925.{{MackieRNW}}
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*Captain [[Arthur Charles Strutt]], July 1926.{{MackieRNW}}
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*Captain [[Kenneth Gilbert Balmain Dewar|Kenneth G. B. Dewar]], 15 October, 1927.<ref>Dewar Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/45}}.  f. 59.</ref>
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*Captain [[Hugh Dundas Hamilton]], March 1928.{{MackieRNW}}
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*Captain Wilbraham T. R. Ford, May 1929.{{MackieRNW}}
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*Captain Henry G. Thursfield, May 1930.{{MackieRNW}}
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*Captain [[Charles G. Ramsey]], December 1931.{{MackieRNW}}
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*Captain Thomas B. Drew, June 1936.{{MackieRNW}}
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*Captain Colin Cantlie, August 1938.{{MackieRNW}}
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*Captain William G. Benn, July 1939.{{MackieRNW}}
  
 
==See also==
 
==See also==

Revision as of 20:13, 17 October 2012

H.M.S. Royal Oak (1914)
Pendant Number: 67 (Aug 1914)
4A (Jan 1918)
38 (Apr 1918)[1]
Builder: Devonport Royal Dockyard[2]
Ordered: 1913 Programme[3]
Laid down: 15 Jan, 1914[4]
Launched: 17 Nov, 1914[5]
Commissioned: May, 1916[6]
Torpedoed: 14 Oct, 1939[7]
Fate: by U-47 in Scapa Flow


H.M.S. Royal Oak was a Revenge class dreadnought battleship of the British Royal Navy, torpedoed in Scapa Flow by the German submarine U-47 on 14 October, 1939. Launched in 1914 and completed in 1916, Royal Oak first saw action at the Battle of Jutland with the Grand Fleet. In peacetime, she served in the Atlantic, Home and Mediterranean fleets, coming under accidental attack on more than one occasion. The ship became the centre of worldwide attention in 1928 when her Captain and Commander were Court Martialled.

Career

The keel plate was laid on 15 January, 1914, in a cerrmony performed by Mrs. Hockaday, wife of Mr. W. T. Hockaday, Manager of the Constructive Department.[8]

Jutland

Main article

Revenge and Royal Oak were the only two ships in the class to fight at Jutland.

Alterations

In March, 1915, Open Director Sights were ordered for all[Inference] her turrets. They were likely in place by her completion.[9]

Royal Oak received her secondary battery directors in March, 1917.[10]

Captains

Dates of appointment given:

See also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 34.
  2. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 34.
  3. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 35.
  4. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 35.
  5. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 34.
  6. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 35.
  7. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 34.
  8. ↑ "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Friday, 16 January, 1914. Issue 40422, col E, p. 54.
  9. ↑ The Technical History and Index: Fire Control in H.M. Ships. p. 18.
  10. ↑ The Technical History and Index: Fire Control in H.M. Ships. p. 16.
  11. ↑ The Navy List (December, 1918). p. 899.
  12. ↑ The Navy List (August, 1919). p. 899.
  13. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  14. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  15. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  16. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  17. ↑ Dewar Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45. f. 59.
  18. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  19. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  20. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  21. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  22. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  23. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  24. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.

Bibliography

  • Admiralty, Gunnery Branch (1917). The Director Firing Handbook. O.U. 6125 (late C.B. 1259). Copy No. 322 at The National Archives. ADM 186/227.
  • Admiralty, Gunnery Branch (1918). Handbook of Captain F. C. Dreyer's Fire Control Tables, 1918. C.B. 1456. Copy No. 10 at Admiralty Library, Portsmouth, United Kingdom.
  • Dittmar, F.J.; Colledge, J.J. (1972). British Warships 1914–1919. London: Ian Allan.
  • 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.


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