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==Career==
 
==Career==

Revision as of 17:18, 23 September 2012

H.M.S. St. Vincent (1908)
Pendant Number: 16 (1914)
7A (Jan 1918)
85 (Apr 1918)[1]
Builder: Portsmouth Royal Dockyard[2]
Laid down: 30 Dec, 1907[3]
Launched: 10 Sep, 1908
Commissioned: 3 May, 1910
Sold: 1 Dec, 1921[4]
Fate: Scrapped


Career

On the evening of 19 June, 1910 St. Vincent was undertaking firing practice three miles off Portland. For an unknown reason, three rounds were fired which were heard to pass over Lulworth Cove and the village of West Lulworth.

Jutland

Main article

St. Vincent was commanded by William W. Fisher at the Battle of Jutland, and operating with the Grand Fleet's First Battle Squadron. She reported firing 96 seemingly accurate shells by director without suffering damage.

Alterations

In 1913, St. Vincent was slated as part of the seventeen ship order to receive a director for her main battery. It was fitted sometime between May and December, 1915.[5]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 32.
  2. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 32.
  3. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 23.
  4. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 32.
  5. ↑ The Technical History and Index: Fire Control in HM Ships, pp. 9-10.
  6. ↑ Nicholson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 457.
  7. ↑ The Navy List (December, 1914). p. 379.
  8. ↑ The Navy List (October, 1917). p. 397s.
  9. ↑ Harper Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/507.
  10. ↑ "Naval Appointments" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Monday, 3 February, 1919. Issue 42014, col F, p. 16.
  11. ↑ "Naval Appointments" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Monday, 17 March, 1919. Issue 42050, col F, p. 21.
  12. ↑ The Navy List (August, 1919). p. 901.

Bibliography


St. Vincent Class Dreadnought
  Collingwood St. Vincent Vanguard  
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