H.M.S. Valiant (1914)
| H.M.S. Valiant | |
| Career | Details |
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| Pendant Number: | 43 (April, 1918)[1] |
| Ordered: | 1912-1913 Programme |
| Built By: | Fairfield, Govan |
| Laid Down: | 31 January, 1913 |
| Launched: | 4 November, 1914 |
| Commissioned: | 13 January, 1916 |
| Sold: | 19 March, 1948 |
| Fate: | Scrapped |
| Motto: | Valiant yet Vigilant |
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Career
Valiant was commissioned at Govan on 13 January, 1916, by Captain Woollcombe.[2]
The ship had a pool table, a photo of which is in the Crawford Scrapbook, Liddle Collection, University of Leeds.
Alterations
Valiant was completed with director firing installed, as all capital ships were supposed to do after 2 January, 1915.[3]
In December, 1914, Open Director Sights were ordered for all[Inference] her turrets. They were likely in place by her completion.[4]
Between late 1915 and mid 1917, she was fitted with a Torpedo Control Plotting Instrument Mark II in the TCT.[5][6]
Her secondary battery directors were installed in April, 1917.[7]
When in 1918 it was desired to give each capital ship possible an additional effective 9-foot rangefinder to support torpedo control, Valiant proposed a pair of transversing mountings atop the beef screen, one each side. Vernon did not want the transversing mountings, owing to the loss in efficiency they incurred on the rangefinder.[8]
At some point, she and her sisters were also outfitted with Turret Control Tables, although there is no indication whether this was 1 table per ship, or 2 in the controlling turrets, or one in all four turrets.[9]
Captains
Dates of appointment given:
- Captain Maurice Woollcombe, 26 October, 1915 – 1 October, 1918.[10]
- Captain Henry T. Buller, 1 October, 1918.[11]
- Captain Charles Arthur Robertson-Scott, c 1930-1932.[12]
Jutland
She fought at Jutland as part of the Fifth Battle Squadron under Captain Woollcombe in support of the Battle Cruiser Force with her sisters, less Queen Elizabeth.
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. p.34.
- ↑ Campbell. p. 44.
- ↑ The Technical History and Index: Fire Control in HM Ships, pp. 10.
- ↑ The Technical History and Index: Fire Control in HM Ships, p. 18.
- ↑ Handbook of Torpedo Control, 1916, p. 38.
- ↑ Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1915, p. 60.
- ↑ The Technical History and Index: Fire Control in HM Ships, p. 16.
- ↑ Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1918, p. 177.
- ↑ Handbook of Capt. F.C. Dreyer's Fire Control Tables. p. 3.
- ↑ Navy List (October, 1917). p. 398p.
- ↑ Navy List (December, 1918). p. 923a.
- ↑ Scott's Service Records ADM 196/45.
Bibliography
- Template:BibUKDirectorFiringHandbook1917
- Template:BibUKDreyerTableHandbook1918
- Dittmar, F.J.; Colledge, J.J. (1972). British Warships 1914–1919. London: Ian Allan.
- Template:BibUKFireControlInHMShips1919
- Template:BibParkesBritishBattleships
