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==Service==
 
==Service==
''Yarmouth'' commissioned at Chatham on 18 April, 1912.<ref>''The Navy List'' (July, 1913), p. 398.</ref>
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''Yarmouth'' commissioned at Chatham on 18 April, 1912.{{NLJul13|p. 398}}
  
In mid-1913, she was active in the Mediterranean.<ref>''The Navy List'' (July, 1913), p. 397a.</ref>
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In mid-1913, she was active in the Mediterranean.{{NLJul13|p. 397''a''}}
  
 
At the [[Battle of Jutland]], she was one of four light cruisers of the {{UK-LCS|3}} screening the battlecruisers under {{CaptRN}} [[Thomas Drummond Gilbert|Thomas D. Pratt]].  ''Yarmouth'' acted as the linking ship between the L.C.S. and {{UK-Lion}}.{{UKJutlandOD|pp. 7, 33, 46}}
 
At the [[Battle of Jutland]], she was one of four light cruisers of the {{UK-LCS|3}} screening the battlecruisers under {{CaptRN}} [[Thomas Drummond Gilbert|Thomas D. Pratt]].  ''Yarmouth'' acted as the linking ship between the L.C.S. and {{UK-Lion}}.{{UKJutlandOD|pp. 7, 33, 46}}
  
She recommissioned with Reserve Complement on 8 December, 1920.{{NLJan21|p. 902-945}}
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A Sopwith Pup fighter plane successfully flew off a 20 foot long ramp constructed on ''Yarmouth's'' forecastle in June, 1917. The ramp was replaced by an improved platform, which {{LCommRN}} [[Cecil Hunter Boyd Gowan]] proved quite helpful in installing some weeks later.{{DittColl|p. 53}}<ref>Gowan Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/49/133.|D7604232}} f. 72.</ref>  The ship was also fitted with a director in June, an alteration which required her pole mast to be replaced with a tripod mast for greater rigidity.{{FCHMShips|pp. 11-12}}
  
==Alterations==
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''Yarmouth'' was re-commissioned with Reserve Complement on 8 December, 1920.{{NLJan21|p. 902-945}}
''Yarmouth'' was fitted with a director in June, 1917. This alteration required her pole mast to be replaced with a tripod mast for greater rigidity.{{FCHMShips|pp. 11-12}}
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''Yarmouth'' was re-commissioned at Portsmouth on 31 March, 1922, tender to [[Portsmouth Signal School|H.M. Signal School, Portsmouth]].{{NLJan23|p. 846-898}}
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She completed to special complement on 1 December, 1925.{{NLFeb26|p. 291}}
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She paid off into Dockyard Control at Portsmouth on 8 November, 1928.{{NLFeb29|p. 291}}
  
 
==Captains==
 
==Captains==
 
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
 
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
<div name=fredbot:officeCapt otitle="Captain of H.M.S. ''Yarmouth''">{{TenureListBegin|Captain of {{UK-Yarmouth|f=p}}}}
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<div name=fredbot:officeCapt otitle="Captain of H.M.S. ''Yarmouth''">
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=William John Standly Alderson|nick=William J. S. Alderson|appt=10 October, 1911{{NLJul13|p. 397a}}|precBy=New Command}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=William John Standly Alderson|nick=William J. S. Alderson|appt=10 October, 1911{{NLJul13|p. 397''a''}}|precBy=New Command|end=10 August, 1913<ref>Alderson Service Record.  {{TNA|196/42.}} f. 455.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Henry Lake Cochrane|nick=Henry L. Cochrane|appt=10 August, 1913{{NLJan15|p. 398}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Henry Lake Cochrane|nick=Henry L. Cochrane|appt=10 August, 1913{{NLJan15|p. 398}}|end=11 January, 1915|note=sick}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Thomas Drummond Gilbert|nick=Thomas D. Pratt|appt=January, 1915{{MackieRNW}}|note=in command at [[Battle of Jutland]]}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Thomas Drummond Gilbert|nick=Thomas D. Pratt|appt=11 January, 1915<ref>Gilbert Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 19643/164.|D7576537}} ff. 164, 248.</ref>{{NLDec16|p. 399''k-l''}}|end=13 August, 1917<ref>Gilbert Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 19643/164.|D7576537}} ff. 164, 248.</ref>|note=in command at [[Battle of Jutland]]}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Henry Lake Cochrane|nick=Henry L. Cochrane|appt=August, 1917{{MackieRNW}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Henry Edgar Grace|nick=Henry E. Grace|appt=13 August, 1917{{NLNov17|p. 399''h''}}|end=6 April, 1918}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Cyril Asser|nick=Cyril Asser|appt=1 July, 1918{{NLFeb19|p. 945''a''}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Cyril Asser|nick=Cyril Asser|appt=1 July, 1918<ref>Asser Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/11.|D7602799}} f.12.</ref>{{NLFeb19|p. 945''a''}}|end=1 March, 1919<ref>Asser Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/11.|D7602799}} f.12.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Arthur Beckett Hughes|nick=Arthur B. Hughes|appt=1 March, 1919{{NLDec20|p. 902-945}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Arthur Beckett Hughes|nick=Arthur B. Hughes|appt=1 March, 1919{{NLDec20|p. 902-945}}|ass=21 March, 1919<ref>[http://www.naval-history.net/OWShips-WW1-06-HMS_Yarmouth2.htm Ship's Log].</ref>|end=8 December, 1920}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Hugh Turnour England|nick=Hugh T. England|appt=December, 1923{{MackieRNW}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Herbert John Temple Marshall|nick=Herbert J. T. Marshall|appt=15 November, 1921<ref>Marshall Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43/110.|D7602454}} f. 117.</ref>|end=19 December, 1921<ref>Marshall Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43/110.|D7602454}} f. 117.</ref>|note=for trooping}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Egerton Wootton Isaacson|nick=Egerton W. Isaacson|appt=November, 1925{{MackieRNW}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Cathcart Romer Wason|nick=Cathcart R. Wason|appt=20 December, 1921|end=10 March, 1922}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Wilfred Neville Custance|nick=Wilfred N. Custance|appt=November, 1926{{MackieRNW}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Raymond Fitzmaurice|nick=Raymond Fitzmaurice|appt=February, 1922<ref>Fitzmaurice Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/45.|}} f. 8.</ref>|ass=17 March, 1922{{NLJan23|p. 846-898}}|end=24 January, 1923<ref>Fitzmaurice Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/45.|}} f. 8.</ref>|ass=1 April, 1922<ref>[http://www.naval-history.net/OWShips-WW1-06-HMS_Yarmouth3.htm Ship's Log]</ref>}}
{{TenureListEnd}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=James Sacheverell Constable Salmond|nick=James S. C. Salmond|appt=24 January, 1923<ref>Salmond Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/47.|D7603814}} f. 312.</ref>|end=23 December, 1924<ref>Salmond Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/47.|D7603814}} f. 312.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}} ('''S''')|name=Nigel Bellairs Deare|nick=Nigel B. Deare|appt=20 November, 1924{{NLApr25|p. 291}}|end=1925}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain ('''G''')|name=Egerton Wotton Isaacson|nick=Egerton W. Isaacson|appt=17 November, 1925{{NLFeb26|p. 291}}|end=}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Wilfred Neville Custance|nick=Wilfred N. Custance|appt=20 November, 1926<ref>Custance Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/49.|}} f. 34.</ref>|end=10 January, 1928<ref>Custance Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/49.|}} f. 34.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Ralph Leatham|nick=Ralph Leatham|appt=10 January, 1928|end=November, 1928}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Alan Frederic William Howard|nick=Alan F. W. Howard|appt=8 October, 1928<ref>Howard Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/48/55.|D7603959}} f. 458.</ref>|end=19 May, 1929<ref>Howard Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/48/55.|D7603959}} f. 458.</ref>}}
 
</div name=fredbot:officeCapt>
 
</div name=fredbot:officeCapt>
  
 
==See Also==
 
==See Also==
 
{{refbegin}}
 
{{refbegin}}
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* [http://www.naval-history.net/OWShips-WW1-06-HMS_Yarmouth.htm Transcribed Ship Logs at naval-history.net]
 
* [[Third L.C.S. (Royal Navy) at the Battle of Jutland]]
 
* [[Third L.C.S. (Royal Navy) at the Battle of Jutland]]
{{WP|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Yarmouth_(1911)}}
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{{WP|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Yarmouth_(1911)}}
 
{{refend}}
 
{{refend}}
  

Revision as of 14:49, 21 February 2018

H.M.S. Yarmouth (1911)
Pendant Number: 95 (Feb 1915)
1C (Jan 1918)
72 (Apr 1918)[1]
Builder: London & Glasgow[2]
Laid down: 27 Jan, 1910[3]
Launched: 12 Apr, 1911[4]
Commissioned: Apr, 1912[5]
Sold: 2 Jul, 1929[6]

H.M.S. Yarmouth was one of four Weymouth class light cruisers. She was completed in 1912.

Service

Yarmouth commissioned at Chatham on 18 April, 1912.[7]

In mid-1913, she was active in the Mediterranean.[8]

At the Battle of Jutland, she was one of four light cruisers of the Third Light Cruiser Squadron screening the battlecruisers under Captain Thomas D. Pratt. Yarmouth acted as the linking ship between the L.C.S. and Lion.[9]

A Sopwith Pup fighter plane successfully flew off a 20 foot long ramp constructed on Yarmouth's forecastle in June, 1917. The ramp was replaced by an improved platform, which Lieutenant-Commander Cecil Hunter Boyd Gowan proved quite helpful in installing some weeks later.[10][11] The ship was also fitted with a director in June, an alteration which required her pole mast to be replaced with a tripod mast for greater rigidity.[12]

Yarmouth was re-commissioned with Reserve Complement on 8 December, 1920.[13]

Yarmouth was re-commissioned at Portsmouth on 31 March, 1922, tender to H.M. Signal School, Portsmouth.[14]

She completed to special complement on 1 December, 1925.[15]

She paid off into Dockyard Control at Portsmouth on 8 November, 1928.[16]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 45.
  2. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 45.
  3. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 52.
  4. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 45.
  5. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 52.
  6. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 45.
  7. The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 398.
  8. The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 397a.
  9. Battle of Jutland Official Despatches. pp. 7, 33, 46.
  10. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 53.
  11. Gowan Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/133. f. 72.
  12. The Technical History and Index, Vol. 3, Part 23. pp. 11-12.
  13. The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 902-945.
  14. The Navy List. (January, 1923). p. 846-898.
  15. The Navy List. (February, 1926). p. 291.
  16. The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 291.
  17. The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 397a.
  18. Alderson Service Record. The National Archives. 196/42. f. 455.
  19. The Navy List. (January, 1915). p. 398.
  20. Gilbert Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 19643/164. ff. 164, 248.
  21. The Navy List. (December, 1916). p. 399k-l.
  22. Gilbert Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 19643/164. ff. 164, 248.
  23. The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 399h.
  24. Asser Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/11. f.12.
  25. The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 945a.
  26. Asser Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/11. f.12.
  27. The Navy List. (December, 1920). p. 902-945.
  28. Marshall Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/110. f. 117.
  29. Marshall Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/110. f. 117.
  30. Fitzmaurice Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45. f. 8.
  31. Fitzmaurice Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45. f. 8.
  32. Salmond Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47. f. 312.
  33. Salmond Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47. f. 312.
  34. The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 291.
  35. The Navy List. (February, 1926). p. 291.
  36. Custance Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49. f. 34.
  37. Custance Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49. f. 34.
  38. Howard Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/55. f. 458.
  39. Howard Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/55. f. 458.

Bibliography

  • Dittmar, F.J.; Colledge, J.J. (1972). British Warships 1914–1919. London: Ian Allan.
  • Gray, Randal (editor) (1985). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. London: Conway Maritime Press. (on Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk).
  • Admiralty, Gunnery Branch (1918). Handbook of Captain F. C. Dreyer's Fire Control Tables, 1918. C.B. 1456. Copy No. 10 at Admiralty Library, Portsmouth, United Kingdom.
  • Admiralty, Technical History Section (1919). The Technical History and Index: Fire Control in H.M. Ships. Vol. 3, Part 23. C.B. 1515 (23) now O.U. 6171/14. At The National Archives. ADM 275/19.


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