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<div name=fredbot:career>{{ShipCareer|fullname=H.M.S. ''Severn'' (1913)|fate2=
|align="center" colspan="2"|'''HMS ''Severn'''''
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|comm=Jan, 1914{{Conways1906|p. 42}}
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|fatedate=9 May, 1921{{DittColl|p. 104}}
!style="color: white; height: 30px; background: navy;"| Career
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|order=Purchased 1914{{Conways1906|p. 42}}
!style="color: white; height: 30px; background: navy;"| Details
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|name=Severn
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|launch=19 Aug, 1913{{Conways1906|p. 42}}
|Pennant:
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|builder=[[Vickers]]{{Conways1906|p. 42}}
|M.2A (September, 1915)
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|laid=24 Aug, 1912{{Conways1906|p. 42}}
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|fate=Sold
|Built By:
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|pend=D.70 (1914)<br>M.2A (Sep 1915){{DittColl|p. 104}}
|[[Vickers, Limited]]
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'''H.M.S. ''Severn''''' was one of three [[Humber Class Monitor (1913)|''Humber'' class]] monitors completed in 1913 and 1914.
|Laid down:
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|24 August, 1912
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|Launched:
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|19 August, 1913
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|Commissioned:
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|8 August, 1914
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|Sold:
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|9 May, 1921
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|Scrapped:
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|23 March, 1923
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!colspan="2" align="center" style="color: white; height: 30px; background: navy  no-repeat scroll top left;"|General Characteristics
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|Displacement:
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|1,520 tons (deep)
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|Length:
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|266 feet 9 inches
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|Beam:
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|49 feet
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|Draught:
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|5 feet 7½ inches
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|Propulsion:
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|Twin shaft triple expansion engines, 1,450 ihp
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|Speed:
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|9½ knots (service)
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|Range:
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|2,800 miles at 8 knots
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|Complement:
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|9 officers, 131 men
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|Armament:
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*2 × BL 6 in /50 Mark XIV & XV (15.2 cm) guns in one twin Vickers turret
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*16 × BL 4 in /50 (10.2 cm) guns in single mounts and casemates
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*4 × QF 3-pdr (1.4 kg) [1.85"/50 (47 mm)] in single mounts
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*3 × 18 in (45 cm) Whitehead torpedoes
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{{Humber Class (1913)}}
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==Service==
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She commissioned at Barrow on 8 August, 1914.{{SMNLFeb19|p. 906}}
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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. ''Severn''">
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Eric John Arthur Fullerton|nick=Eric J. A. Fullerton|appt=5 August, 1914{{NLOct15|p. 398}}|end=29 July, 1916<ref>Fullerton Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44.}}  f. 518.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Acting {{CommRN}}|name=William Beverley Courselles Jones|nick=William B. C. Jones|appt=29 July, 1916{{NLAug17|p. 397''x''}}|end=10 October, 1917<ref>[http://www.naval-history.net/OWShips-WW1-03-HMS_Severn.htm Transcribed Ship Logs at naval-history.net]</ref>|note=left ship on 24 December, 1917}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Acting {{CommRN}}|name=Lindsay Richard Venn|nick=Lindsay R. Venn|appt=10 October, 1917{{NLFeb19|p. 906}}|ass=31 December, 1917<ref>[http://www.naval-history.net/OWShips-WW1-03-HMS_Severn.htm Transcribed Ship Logs at naval-history.net]</ref>|end=28 November, 1919|note=assumed command on 31 December, 1917}}
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==See Also==
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* [http://www.naval-history.net/OWShips-WW1-03-HMS_Severn.htm Transcribed Ship Logs at naval-history.net]
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{{WP|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Severn_(1913)}}
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{{refend}}
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==Footnotes==
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==Bibliography==
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{{refend}}
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Revision as of 19:46, 29 April 2021

H.M.S. Severn (1913)
Pendant Number: D.70 (1914)
M.2A (Sep 1915)[1]
Builder: Vickers[2]
Ordered: Purchased 1914[3]
Laid down: 24 Aug, 1912[4]
Launched: 19 Aug, 1913[5]
Commissioned: Jan, 1914[6]
Sold: 9 May, 1921[7]

H.M.S. Severn was one of three Humber class monitors completed in 1913 and 1914.

Service

She commissioned at Barrow on 8 August, 1914.[8]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 104.
  2. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 42.
  3. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 42.
  4. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 42.
  5. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 42.
  6. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 42.
  7. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 104.
  8. Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 906.
  9. The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 398.
  10. Fullerton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 518.
  11. The Navy List. (August, 1917). p. 397x.
  12. Transcribed Ship Logs at naval-history.net
  13. The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 906.

Bibliography


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