H.M.S. Royalist (1915)

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H.M.S. Royalist (1915)
Pendant Number: 4A (1914)
6A (Jan 1918)
75 (Apr 1918)[1]
Builder: Beardmore[2]
Ordered: Sep, 1912[3]
Laid down: 3 Jun, 1913[4]
Launched: 14 Jan, 1915[5]
Commissioned: Mar, 1915[6]
Sold: 24 Aug, 1922[7]
Fate: to Cashmore

Light cruiser H.M.S. Royalist was one of eight in the Arethusa class, and fought at the Battle of Jutland as part of the Fourth Light Cruiser Squadron.

Torpedoes

In mid-1920, it was ordered that Galatea, Phaeton and Royalist should replace their 21-in Mark IV S.L. torpedoes with the Mark II***** version.[8]

Service

In January, 1916, Royalist joined as the flotilla cruiser for the new Twelfth Destroyer Flotilla, which was operating with the Grand Fleet.[9]

In the Battle of Jutland, she was one of five light cruisers of the Fourth Light Cruiser Squadron screening the Battle Fleet.[10]

Royalist was reduced to reserve complement at Portsmouth on 15 August, 1920.[11]

Alterations

In 1915-1916, she was given a Wise Pressure Telegraphy System Type B to trial for torpedo control. Based on this trial, in 1917, she likely received Chadburn's Torpedo Order Telegraphs and had her Wise gauges redone to indicate Torpedo Deflection only, as well as having Barr and Stroud instruments provided to acknowledge torpedo orders given via Wise and Chadburn.[12]

Royalist was one of just 6 light cruisers listed as having a Turret Control Table in her T.S. in June 1918. If and when this was provided is uncertain.[13]

She was fitted with a director in October, 1917. This alteration required her pole mast to be replaced with a tripod mast for greater rigidity.[14]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 47.
  2. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 47.
  3. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 47.
  4. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 55.
  5. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 47.
  6. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 55.
  7. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 47.
  8. ↑ Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1920. pp. 6-7. (G. 10141/20-6.8.1920).
  9. ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (January, 1916). }p. 12.
  10. ↑ Battle of Jutland Official Despatches. p. 34.
  11. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 857.
  12. ↑ Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1916. p. 30.
  13. ↑ Handbook of Captain F. C. Dreyer's Fire Control Tables, 1918. p. 3.
  14. ↑ The Technical History and Index, Vol. 3, Part 23. pp. 11-12.
  15. ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1916). p. 397s.
  16. ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1918). p. 898.
  17. ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1919). p. 857.
  18. ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1920). p. 857.

Bibliography

  • Dittmar, F.J.; Colledge, J.J. (1972). British Warships 1914–1919. London: Ian Allan.
  • Gray, Randal (editor) (1985). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. London: Conway Maritime Press. (on Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk).
  • 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.
  • 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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