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*Captain [[Thomas Drummond Pratt]], January 1915,{{MackieRNW}} in command at the [[Battle of Jutland]].{{UKJutlandOD|pp. 33, 46}}
 
*Captain [[Thomas Drummond Pratt]], January 1915,{{MackieRNW}} in command at the [[Battle of Jutland]].{{UKJutlandOD|pp. 33, 46}}
 
*Captain [[Henry Lake Cochrane]], August 1917.{{MackieRNW}}
 
*Captain [[Henry Lake Cochrane]], August 1917.{{MackieRNW}}
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*Captain [[Cyril Asser]], 1 July, 1918.<ref>''The Navy List'' (December, 1918).  p. 945''a''.</ref>
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*Captain [[Cyril Asser]], 1 July, 1918.<ref>''The Navy List'' (February, 1919).  p. 945''a''.</ref>
 
*Captain [[Arthur Beckett Hughes]], 1 March, 1919.<ref>''The Monthly Navy List'', (December 1920).  p. 902-945.</ref>
 
*Captain [[Arthur Beckett Hughes]], 1 March, 1919.<ref>''The Monthly Navy List'', (December 1920).  p. 902-945.</ref>
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*Captain [[Hugh T. England]], December 1923.{{MackieRNW}}
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*Captain [[Hugh Turnour England|Hugh T. England]], December 1923.{{MackieRNW}}
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*Captain [[Egerton W. Isaacson]], November 1925.{{MackieRNW}}
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*Captain [[Egerton Wootton Isaacson|Egerton W. Isaacson]], November 1925.{{MackieRNW}}
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*Captain [[William N. Custance]], November 1926.{{MackieRNW}}
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*Captain [[Wilfred Neville Custance|Wilfred N. Custance]], November 1926.{{MackieRNW}}
  
 
==See Also==
 
==See Also==

Revision as of 14:28, 10 January 2014

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 Drummond Pratt. Yarmouth acted as the linking ship between the L.C.S. and Lion.[9]

She recommissioned with Reserve Complement on 8 December, 1920.[10]

Alterations

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.[11]

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. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 902-945.
  11. ↑ The Technical History and Index, Vol. 3, Part 23. pp. 11-12.
  12. ↑ The Navy List (July, 1913), p. 397a.
  13. ↑ The Navy List, (April, 1914).  p. 398.
  14. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  15. ↑ Battle of Jutland Official Despatches. pp. 33, 46.
  16. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  17. ↑ The Navy List (February, 1919). p. 945a.
  18. ↑ The Monthly Navy List, (December 1920).  p. 902-945.
  19. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  20. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  21. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.

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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