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*{{CaptRN}} [[James Andrew Fergusson|James A. Fergusson]], 10 March, 1908.<ref>Fergusson Service Record.  The National Archives.  ADM 196/43.  f. 199.</ref>
 
*{{CaptRN}} [[James Andrew Fergusson|James A. Fergusson]], 10 March, 1908.<ref>Fergusson Service Record.  The National Archives.  ADM 196/43.  f. 199.</ref>
*Captain [[George Henry Baird|George H. Baird]], .
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*Captain [[George Henry Baird|George H. Baird]], 9 August, 1910.<ref>Baird Service Record.  The National Archives.  ADM 196/43.  f. 249.</ref>
*Captain [[Charles Douglas Carpendale|Charles D. Carpendale]], .
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*Captain [[Charles Douglas Carpendale|Charles D. Carpendale]], 5 March, 1912.<ref>''The Navy List'' (April, 1913).  p. 374.</ref>
*Captain [[John Saumarez Dumaresq|John S. Dumaresq]], 19 December, 1913.<ref>''The Navy List'' (October, 1915)p. 398.</ref>
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*Captain [[John Saumarez Dumaresq|John S. Dumaresq]], 19 December, 1913.<ref>Dumaresq Service Record.  The National ArchivesADM 196/43.  f. 340.</ref>
*Captain [[Vincent Barkley Molteno|Vincent B. Molteno]], .
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*Captain [[Vincent Barkley Molteno|Vincent B. Molteno]], 5 February, 1917.<ref>Molteno Service Record.  The National Archives.  ADM 196/44.  f. 260.</ref>
*Captain [[Arthur Cloudesly Shovel Hughes D'Aeth|Arthur C. S. H. D'Aeth]], .
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*Captain [[Arthur Cloudesly Shovel Hughes D'Aeth|Arthur C. S. H. D'Aeth]], 7 February, 1918.<ref>''The Navy List'' (December, 1918).  p. 906''a''.</ref>
*Captain [[Alan Cameron Bruce|Alan C. Bruce]], .
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*Captain [[Alan Cameron Bruce|Alan C. Bruce]], 29 November, 1918.<ref>''The Navy List'' (January, 1919).  p. 906''a''.</ref>
*Captain [[Frederick Shirley Litchfield-Speer]],  
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==Footnotes==
 
==Footnotes==

Revision as of 15:35, 22 August 2012

H.M.S. Shannon
Career Details
Pendant Number: 92 (1914)
8A (Jan 1918)
74 (Apr 1918)
N.25 (Jun 1918)[1]
Built By: Chatham Royal Dockyard
Laid down: 2 January, 1905
Launched: 20 September, 1906
Commissioned: 10 March, 1908
Sold: 12 December, 1922
Fate: Scrapped
Struck: 1919
General Characteristics
Displacement: 16,100 tons (full load)
Length: 490 feet (p.p.) 519 feet (o.a.)
Beam: 75 feet 6 inches
Draught: 25 feet
Propulsion: 2 sets of 4 cylinder triple expansion engines
Speed: 23 knots
Range: 8,150 miles at 10 knots
Complement: 755
Armament:
  • 4 × BL 9.2 in/45 Mk X (30.5 cm) guns on six single Mk V mountings
  • 10 × 7.5 in/50 Mk II or Mk V guns on single Mk II mountings
  • 16 × 12 pdr guns
  • 5 × 18 in (45 cm) Whitehead torpedoes

Career

Shannon commissioned at Chatham on 10 March, 1908, under Captain James A. Fergusson, with the crew from the Leviathan and ratings from Chatham. Rear-Admiral George A. Callaghan, commanding the Fifth Cruiser Squadron, transferred his flag from Leviathan to Shannon on the same day.[2]

Alterations

An order for a design for a director system for Shannon was issued on 22 February 1915 and orders for its supply made 12 April, 1916. Priorities for director fittings were such, however that it was only installed in October 1918.[3]

Captains

Dates of appointment given:

Footnotes

  1. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships: 1914-1919. p. 44.
  2. "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Monday, 9 March, 1908. Issue 38589, col D, pg. 11.
  3. The Technical History and Index: Fire Control in HM Ships, 1919, p. 15.
  4. Fergusson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 199.
  5. Baird Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 249.
  6. The Navy List (April, 1913). p. 374.
  7. Dumaresq Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 340.
  8. Molteno Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 260.
  9. The Navy List (December, 1918). p. 906a.
  10. The Navy List (January, 1919). p. 906a.

Bibliography

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