H.M.S. Warspite (1913)
| H.M.S. Warspite | |
| Career | Details |
|---|---|
| Pendant Number: | 12 (April, 1918)[1] |
| 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.
Alterations
Warspite was either completed with a director firing installation or received one soon after, as she had one by May, 1915, and it had been decided that all capital ships were to be completed with directors on 2 January, 1915.[2] Her secondary battery directors were installed in July, 1917.[3]
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919
- ↑ The Technical History and Index: Fire Control in HM Ships, pp. 9-10.
- ↑ The Technical History and Index: Fire Control in HM Ships, p. 16.
Bibliography
- Template:BibUKDirectorFiringHandbook1917
- Template:BibUKDreyerTableHandbook1918
- Dittmar, F.J.; Colledge, J.J. (1972). British Warships 1914–1919. London: Ian Allan.
- Template:BibUKFireControlInHMShips1919
- Roskill, Captain Stephen Wentworth (1974). H.M.S. Warspite. London: Futura Publications. ISBN 0860071723.
