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She relieved {{UK-Minerva}} as depot ship for the {{UK-DF|6}} on 29 August, 1913.<ref>Johnson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}}  f. 54.</ref>
She relieved {{UK-Minerva}} as depot ship for the {{UK-DF|6}} on 29 August, 1913.<ref>Johnson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}}  f. 54.</ref>


At the start of the war, she was a depot ship with the {{UK-DF|3}}, remaining with it through July 1915 when it was redesignated as the {{UK-DF|9}}.  She also served as depot ship for the {{UK-DF|10}} from it's formation in February 1915, both Flotillas being based in Harwich.<ref>War Vessels and aircraft (British and foreign): monthly return showing distribution, Jan - Apr{{TNA|ADM 186/12.|C2487922}} February p. 6.</ref>  In December, 1916, she was with the {{UK-DF|1}}.
At the start of the war, she was a depot ship with the {{UK-DF|3}}, remaining with it through 7 September, 1915, when it was redesignated as the {{UK-DF|9}}.{{UKNSMonoXIV|p. 165}} She also served as depot ship for the {{UK-DF|10}} from it's formation in February 1915, both Flotillas being based in Harwich.<ref>War Vessels and aircraft (British and foreign): monthly return showing distribution, Jan - Apr{{TNA|ADM 186/12.|C2487922}} February p. 6.</ref>  In December, 1916, she was with the {{UK-DF|1}}.
''Dido'' reduced to reserve at Portsmouth on 16 August, 1920.{{NLApr25|p. 232}}
''Dido'' reduced to reserve at Portsmouth on 16 August, 1920.{{NLApr25|p. 232}}


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==Alterations==
==Alterations==
In 1902 the ship was rearmed with a single calibre main battery of 6-in B.L. guns in place of the existing mixed battery of 6-in and 4.7-in Q.F. guns. <ref>War Vessels and Aircraft (British and Foreign) Part II (Quarterly Return) October 1915 {{TNA|ADM 186/15.|C2487925}} p. 9.</ref>
In 1902 the ship was rearmed with a single calibre main battery of 6-in B.L. guns in place of the existing mixed battery of 6-in and 4.7-in Q.F. guns. <ref>War Vessels and Aircraft (British and Foreign) Part II (Quarterly Return) October 1915 {{TNA|ADM 186/15.|C2487925}} p. 9.</ref>
During WW1 ''Dido'' gradually had her armament reduced, with the guns going for use on other vessels:
* The sole 12-pdr 8cwt gun and field carriage was removed prior to 17 March, 1915.{{UKQuarterlyWeapons1915Q1|pp. 80,82}}
* Three 12-pdr 12cwt guns were removed on or around 22 April, 1915 (Gunnery Order 01196/15).{{UKQuarterlyWeapons1915Q1|pp. 68,71}}
* Eight 6-in guns were removed on or around 14 September, 1915 (Gunnery Order 03375/15).{{UKQuarterlyWeapons1915Q3|p. 36}}
At some point it appears that her 3-pdr Hotchkiss gun was also converted to a MkIc High Angle mount, as an unknown mount, which would also certainly have been a shipboard conversion of an existing gun on or soon after October 1914, is first recorded in August 1915.{{UKQuarterlyWeapons1915Q3|p. 118}}


==Captains==
==Captains==

Revision as of 17:46, 16 March 2018

H.M.S. Dido (1896)
Pendant Number: P.05 (1914)
P.87 (Jan 1918)[1]
Builder: London & Glasgow[2]
Ordered: 1893-94 Programme[3]
Laid down: 30 Aug, 1894[4]
Launched: 20 Mar, 1896[5]
Commissioned: 10 May, 1898[6]
Sold: 16 Dec, 1926[7]
Fate: Scrapped

Though H.M.S. Dido was completed as one of nine Eclipse second-class protected cruisers in 1898, she served in the Great War with the Royal Navy as a depot ship.

Service

Dido was reduced to Third Fleet complement at Chatham on 10 May, 1912.[8]

She completed her conversion to a depot ship in 1913[9] and recommissioned at Portsmouth on 9 April under Captain Frederic Aubrey Whitehead.[10]

She relieved Minerva as depot ship for the Sixth Destroyer Flotilla on 29 August, 1913.[11]

At the start of the war, she was a depot ship with the Third Destroyer Flotilla, remaining with it through 7 September, 1915, when it was redesignated as the Ninth Destroyer Flotilla.[12] She also served as depot ship for the Tenth Destroyer Flotilla from it's formation in February 1915, both Flotillas being based in Harwich.[13] In December, 1916, she was with the First Destroyer Flotilla. Dido reduced to reserve at Portsmouth on 16 August, 1920.[14]

Radio

In 1901 while assigned to the China Squadron, the ship was noted as having or being slated to receive a "1 to 52" W/T set.[15]

Alterations

In 1902 the ship was rearmed with a single calibre main battery of 6-in B.L. guns in place of the existing mixed battery of 6-in and 4.7-in Q.F. guns. [16]

During WW1 Dido gradually had her armament reduced, with the guns going for use on other vessels:

  • The sole 12-pdr 8cwt gun and field carriage was removed prior to 17 March, 1915.[17]
  • Three 12-pdr 12cwt guns were removed on or around 22 April, 1915 (Gunnery Order 01196/15).[18]
  • Eight 6-in guns were removed on or around 14 September, 1915 (Gunnery Order 03375/15).[19]

At some point it appears that her 3-pdr Hotchkiss gun was also converted to a MkIc High Angle mount, as an unknown mount, which would also certainly have been a shipboard conversion of an existing gun on or soon after October 1914, is first recorded in August 1915.[20]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 293.
  2. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 293.
  3. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 78.
  4. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 78.
  5. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 293.
  6. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 78.
  7. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 293.
  8. ↑ The Navy List. (March, 1913). p. 301.
  9. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 293.
  10. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 301.
  11. ↑ Johnson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 54.
  12. ↑ Naval Staff Monographs. Volume XIV. p. 165.
  13. ↑ War Vessels and aircraft (British and foreign): monthly return showing distribution, Jan - AprThe National Archives. ADM 186/12. February p. 6.
  14. ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 232.
  15. ↑ Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1901. p. 112.
  16. ↑ War Vessels and Aircraft (British and Foreign) Part II (Quarterly Return) October 1915 The National Archives. ADM 186/15. p. 9.
  17. ↑ Quarterly Appropriation List of Gun Mountings, Feb 1915. pp. 80,82.
  18. ↑ Quarterly Appropriation List of Gun Mountings, Feb 1915. pp. 68,71.
  19. ↑ Quarterly Appropriation List of Gun Mountings, Aug 1915. p. 36.
  20. ↑ Quarterly Appropriation List of Gun Mountings, Aug 1915. p. 118.
  21. ↑ Neville Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/17/482
  22. ↑ Neville Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39/114
  23. ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1900). p. 243.
  24. ↑ Tillard Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/18. f. 375.
  25. ↑ Tillard Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/18. f. 375.
  26. ↑ Cuming Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 280.
  27. ↑ Cuming Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 280.
  28. ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence". The Times. Thursday, 21 May, 1903. Issue 37086, col B, p. 8.
  29. ↑ Peirse Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 1026.
  30. ↑ Peirse Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 1026.
  31. ↑ The Navy List. (November, 1905). p. 302.
  32. ↑ Anson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 32.
  33. ↑ Anson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/20. f. 647.
  34. ↑ Nicholson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 291.
  35. ↑ Nicholson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 291.
  36. ↑ Wake Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/20. f. 638.
  37. ↑ Wake Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/20. f. 638.
  38. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1910). p. 301.
  39. ↑ Sandeman Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 4.
  40. ↑ Sandeman Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 4.
  41. ↑ Adam Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 232.
  42. ↑ The Navy List. (August, 1912). p. 301.
  43. ↑ Adam Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 232.
  44. ↑ Curtis Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/262. f. 262.
  45. ↑ Curtis Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/262. f. 262.
  46. ↑ Coppinger Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 313.
  47. ↑ Coppinger Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 313.
  48. ↑ Whitehead Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/453. f. 504.
  49. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 301.
  50. ↑ Whitehead Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/453. f. 504.
  51. ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1913). p. 301.
  52. ↑ Johnson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 54.
  53. ↑ Johnson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 54.
  54. ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 776.
  55. ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 776.
  56. ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1920). p. 759.
  57. ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1920). p. 759.
  58. ↑ Stapleton-Cotton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/411. f. 411.
  59. ↑ Godfrey Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/44/235. f. 235.
  60. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1923). p. 748.
  61. ↑ Godfrey Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/44/235. f. 235.
  62. ↑ Money Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45. f. 215.
  63. ↑ Money Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45. f. 215.
  64. ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 232.

Bibliography


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