H.M.S. St. Vincent (1908)

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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

Habitability

In October 1914, the ship was to be given 7 Pattern 1582 Electric Radiators to warm cabins whose stoves could not be used for heating them.[5]

Directors

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.[6]

Spotting

In late 1913, the ship landed a Pattern 740 Zeiss stereo spotting telescope Mark II at Portsmouth in order to take on a Ross Pattern 873 model for a three-month comparative evaluation.[7]

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. Admiralty Weekly Order No. 512 of 16 Oct, 1914.
  6. The Technical History and Index, Vol. 3, Part 23. pp. 9-10.
  7. Admiralty Weekly Order No. 662 of 21 Nov, 1913.
  8. Nicholson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 457.
  9. The Navy List (December, 1914). p. 379.
  10. The Navy List (October, 1917). p. 397s.
  11. Harper Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/507.
  12. "Naval Appointments" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Monday, 3 February, 1919. Issue 42014, col F, p. 16.
  13. "Naval Appointments" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Monday, 17 March, 1919. Issue 42050, col F, p. 21.
  14. The Navy List (August, 1919). p. 901.

Bibliography


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