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Then part of the Channel Fleet, ''Commonwealth'' started a refit in Devonport on 22 May 1908.<ref>Report from Charles Beresford dated 10 April 1908 in ''Naval Policy - Strategy - Tactics: Miscellaneous papers from Private Office received by record office'' at {{TNA|ADM 116/942}}, unnumbered folio halfway within series.</ref> | |||
Directors were ordered only for ''Commonwealth'' and her sister [[H.M.S. Zealandia (1904)|''Zealandia'']] on 23 July, 1917 for use in bombardment. ''Commonwealth'''s director was installed in May 1918, but Zealandia's installation was not completed.{{FCHMShips|p. 15}} It appears that ''Commonwealth'' was the only pre-dreadnought to ever be fitted with a director system for regular service. | Directors were ordered only for ''Commonwealth'' and her sister [[H.M.S. Zealandia (1904)|''Zealandia'']] on 23 July, 1917 for use in bombardment. ''Commonwealth'''s director was installed in May 1918, but Zealandia's installation was not completed.{{FCHMShips|p. 15}} It appears that ''Commonwealth'' was the only pre-dreadnought to ever be fitted with a director system for regular service. | ||
Revision as of 19:11, 12 December 2012
| H.M.S. Commonwealth (1903) | |
|---|---|
| Pendant Number: | 31 (1914) 44 (Jan 1918) 31 (Apr 1918) N.88 (Jun 1918)[1] |
| Builder: | Fairfield[2] |
| Ordered: | 1901-02 Programme[3] |
| Laid down: | 17 Jun, 1902[4] |
| Launched: | 13 May, 1903[5] |
| Commissioned: | Mar, 1905[6] |
| Sold: | 18 Nov, 1921[7] |
| Fate: | Scrapped in Germany[8] |
Alterations
Then part of the Channel Fleet, Commonwealth started a refit in Devonport on 22 May 1908.[9]
Directors were ordered only for Commonwealth and her sister Zealandia on 23 July, 1917 for use in bombardment. Commonwealth's director was installed in May 1918, but Zealandia's installation was not completed.[10] It appears that Commonwealth was the only pre-dreadnought to ever be fitted with a director system for regular service.
Captains
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
- Captain Richard Henry Peirse, December 1905.[11]
- Captain Montague Edward Browning, 1907.[12]
- Captain Godfrey Harry Brydges Mundy, February 1908.[13]
- Captain Horace Lambert Alexander Hood, 5 December, 1908.[Citation needed]
- Captain George Alexander Ballard, December 1909.[14]
- Captain Price Vaughan Lewes, June 1911.[15]
- Captain Maurice Woollcombe, 1 October, 1913.[16][17]
- Captain Herbert W. Richmond, 26 October, 1915 operating with the Third Battle Squadron[18]
- Captain Arthur Gordon Smith, April 1917.[19]
- Captain Arthur Gordon Smith, April 1918.[20]
- Captain George R. B. Blount, 1 November, 1918.[21]
- Captain Alfred Astley Ellison, September 1920.[22]
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 31.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 31.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 38.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 38.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 31.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 38.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 31.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 31.
- ↑ Report from Charles Beresford dated 10 April 1908 in Naval Policy - Strategy - Tactics: Miscellaneous papers from Private Office received by record office at The National Archives. ADM 116/942, unnumbered folio halfway within series.
- ↑ The Technical History and Index, Vol. 3, Part 23. p. 15.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ The Navy List (December, 1914). p. 296.
- ↑ The Navy List (October, 1915). p. 393b.
- ↑ The Navy List (December, 1916). p. 393e.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ The Navy List (December, 1918). p. 762.
- ↑ 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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