Rangetaker, First Class (Royal Navy)
From The Dreadnought Project
Rangetaker, First Class was a non-substantive rating in the Royal Navy. The introduction of the rating was approved by the Board of Admiralty on 19 July, 1914,[1] and confirmed by Order-in-Council on 5 November. Pay was originally 4d. a day, and was increased to 8d. a day from 22 January, 1918.[2]
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Brooks. Dreadnought Gunnery and the Battle of Jutland. p. 52.
- ↑ The London Gazette: no. 31365. p. 6643. 30 May, 1919.
Bibliography
- Brooks, John (2005). Dreadnought Gunnery and the Battle of Jutland: The Question of Fire Control. Oxon: Routledge. ISBN 0714657026. (on Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk).
