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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=George Walter Smith|nick=George W. Smith|appt=5 July, 1913<ref>Smith Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}} f. 312.</ref>}} | {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=George Walter Smith|nick=George W. Smith|appt=5 July, 1913<ref>Smith Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}} f. 312.</ref>}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Edward Stafford Fitzherbert, Thirteenth Baron Stafford|nick=The Hon. Edward S. Fitzherbert|appt=29 June, 1914<ref>Stafford Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/20.}} f. 524.</ref>{{NLOct15|p. 393}}|end=23 October, 1915<ref>Stafford Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/20.}} f. 524.</ref>}} | {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Edward Stafford Fitzherbert, Thirteenth Baron Stafford|nick=The Hon. Edward S. Fitzherbert|appt=29 June, 1914<ref>Stafford Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/20.}} f. 524.</ref>{{NLOct15|p. 393}}|end=23 October, 1915<ref>Stafford Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/20.}} f. 524.</ref>}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Alfred Dudley Pickman Rogers Pound|nick=A. Dudley P. R. Pound|appt=24 October, 1915{{NLDec16|p. 393''e''}}}} | {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Alfred Dudley Pickman Rogers Pound|nick=A. Dudley P. R. Pound|appt=24 October, 1915{{NLDec16|p. 393''e''}}<ref>Pound Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/44.}} f. 294.</ref>|end=July, 1917<ref>Pound Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/44.}} f. 294.</ref>}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Wilfred Tomkinson|nick=Wilfred Tomkinson|appt=6 July, 1917<ref>Tomkinson Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/44.}} f. 375.</ref>{{NLNov17|p. 392''n''}}|end=November, 1917<ref>Tomkinson Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/44.}} f. 375.</ref>}} | {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Wilfred Tomkinson|nick=Wilfred Tomkinson|appt=6 July, 1917<ref>Tomkinson Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/44.}} f. 375.</ref>{{NLNov17|p. 392''n''}}|end=November, 1917<ref>Tomkinson Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/44.}} f. 375.</ref>}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Charles Pipon Beaty-Pownall|nick=Charles P. Beaty-Pownall|appt=15 November, 1917{{NLFeb19|p. 761}}|end=3 February, 1919<ref>Beaty-Pownall Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}} f. 235.</ref>|note=and as Flag Captain}} | {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Charles Pipon Beaty-Pownall|nick=Charles P. Beaty-Pownall|appt=15 November, 1917{{NLFeb19|p. 761}}|end=3 February, 1919<ref>Beaty-Pownall Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}} f. 235.</ref>|note=and as Flag Captain}} | ||
Revision as of 13:21, 21 March 2015
| H.M.S. Colossus (1910) | |
|---|---|
| Pendant Number: | 93 (1914) 43 (Jan 1918) 24 (Apr 1918)[1] |
| Builder: | Scott, Greenock[2] |
| Laid down: | 8 Jul, 1909[3] |
| Launched: | 9 Apr, 1910[4] |
| Commissioned: | 8 Aug, 1911 |
| Sold: | Jul, 1928[5] |
| Fate: | Scrapped |
Radio
At the end of 1912, she had one of the twelve Short Distance Radio Sets then installed in sea-going ships of five-mile range, situated behind armour near the fore bridge.[6]
Service
Colossus was commissioned at Devonport on 8 August, 1911, by Captain Dudley R. S. de Chair for service in the Second Division of the Home Fleet.[7]
From at least December 1912, she served in the First Battle Squadron, remaining there until June 1916, when she was transferred to the Fourth Battle Squadron to become that formations second flagship. In June 1917, she relinquished her flag role within the squadron, but she resumed it in October 1917. In February 1919, she was sent to Devonport when the Fourth was disestablished.[8]
Jutland
- Main article: H.M.S. Colossus at the Battle of Jutland
Fate
Colossus was Reduced to Reserve at Devonport on 4 March, 1919.[9]
Colossus was placed on the disposal list in July, 1921 but was reprieved in September for service as a Boys' Training Ship. She was paid off in May, 1922 but recommissioned again in January, 1924 as an accommodation ship for the Training Ship Impregnable. She was paid off again in January, 1928 and sold to Alloa SB Company in July. She left Devonport under tow on 15 August and arrived at Rosyth for breaking up on 5 September.
Radio
By the end of 1913, she and the rest of the First Battle Squadron were all equipped with Battleship Auxiliary W/T sets.[10]
Captains
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
- Captain Dudley R. S. de Chair, 27 July, 1911[11] – 10 August, 1912[12]
- Captain William E. Goodenough, 10 August, 1912[13] – 5 July, 1913[14]
- Captain George W. Smith, 5 July, 1913[15]
- Captain The Hon. Edward S. Fitzherbert, 29 June, 1914[16][17] – 23 October, 1915[18]
- Captain A. Dudley P. R. Pound, 24 October, 1915[19][20] – July, 1917[21]
- Captain Wilfred Tomkinson, 6 July, 1917[22][23] – November, 1917[24]
- Captain Charles P. Beaty-Pownall, 15 November, 1917[25] – 3 February, 1919[26] (and as Flag Captain)
- Captain Robert A. Hornell, February, 1919[27]
- Captain The Hon. Arthur L. O. Forbes-Sempill, 15 May, 1919[28]
- Captain Francis A. Clutterbuck, 14 July, 1920[29]
- Captain Bernard St. G. Collard, 6 September, 1921[30] – 31 March, 1922[31] (and in command of Boys' Training Establishment, Portland)
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 32.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 32.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 26.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 32.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 32.
- ↑ Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1912. W/T Appendix, p. 8.
- ↑ "The New Battleship Colossus" (News). The Times. Wednesday, 9 August, 1911. Issue 39659, col C, p. 7.
- ↑ See First Battle Squadron and Fourth Battle Squadron pages for references.
- ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1920). p. 749.
- ↑ Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1913. W/T Appendix, p. 13.
- ↑ De Chair Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 259.
- ↑ De Chair Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 259.
- ↑ Goodenough Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 433.
- ↑ Goodenough Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 433.
- ↑ Smith Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 312.
- ↑ Stafford Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/20. f. 524.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 393.
- ↑ Stafford Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/20. f. 524.
- ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1916). p. 393e.
- ↑ Pound Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 294.
- ↑ Pound Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 294.
- ↑ Tomkinson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 375.
- ↑ The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 392n.
- ↑ Tomkinson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 375.
- ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 761.
- ↑ Beaty-Pownall Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 235.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ The Navy List. (August, 1919). p. 761.
- ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1920). p. 748.
- ↑ Collard Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 277.
- ↑ Collard Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 277.
Bibliography
- 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.
- Dittmar, F.J.; Colledge, J.J. (1972). British Warships 1914–1919. London: Ian Allan.
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