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Revision as of 15:09, 13 August 2009

H.M.S. Warspite
Career Details
Pendant Number: 12 (April, 1918)
Built By: Devonport Royal Dockyard
Laid Down: 31 October, 1912
Launched: 26 November, 1913
Commissioned: 8 March, 1915
Wrecked: 23 April, 1947
Fate: Scrapped

Launch

Warspite was launched on 26 November, 1913, in "beautiful" weather at 15:15. Mrs. Austen Chamberlain launched the ship, accompanied by Mr. Austen Chamberlain and their son. Also in attendance were the First Lord of the Admiralty, Winston Churchill, Sir Francis Hopwood, Civil Lord of the Admiralty, the Naval Secretary to the First Lord, Dudley de Chair, Sir James Marshall, Director of Dockyards, Sir George Le Clerc Egerton, Commander-in-Chief, Plymouth, Vice-Admiral R. H. S. Stokes, Admiral-Superintendent, Admiral Charles Henry Cross, Rear-Admiral Arthur Henry Christian, Commanding the Devonport Division of the Home Fleets, and Admiral William Marrack.

Also present were Lady Chesterfield, Lady Valletort, the Hon. John and Lady Boscawen, Lady Gwendoline Churchill, Lady Vivian, Mr. and the Hon. Mrs. Rochfort Maguire, the Hon. Mrs. Cyril Ward, Colonel the Hon. Charles Edgcumbe, Sir Ernest Cassel, the Bishop of Exeter, Commander Eklund and Commander Froding of the Royal Swedish Navy, Major Morrison-Bell, M.P., Lady St. Levan, Lady St. Germans, the Hon. Mrs. Tremayne, Lady Jackson, Lady Buller and Lady Egerton.


Fire Control Systems

Rangefinders

Directors

Main Battery

Warspite was fitted with 2 tripod-type directors, one in an armoured tower and one in a light aloft tower. Hers did not feature double cam grooves with two rollers[1].

Secondary Battery

Her 6-in guns were to be served by a pair of pedestal-mounted directors[2], possibly situated high on her forward superstructure.

Torpedo Control

Transmitting Stations

Dreyer Table

Warspite had a Mark IV* Dreyer table[3], and 4 (?) Dreyer Turret Control Tables[4].

Miscellaneous

See Also

Footnotes

  1. The Director Firing Handbook, 1917. p. 142
  2. The Director Firing Handbook, 1917. p. 143
  3. Handbook of Capt. F.C. Dreyer's Fire Control Tables, p. 3.
  4. Handbook of Capt. F.C. Dreyer's Fire Control Tables, p. 3.

Bibliography

Template:BibUKDirectorFiringHandbook1917 Template:BibUKDreyerTableHandbook1918 Roskill, Captain Stephen Wentworth (1974). H.M.S. Warspite. London: Futura Publications. ISBN 0860071723.

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