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'''H.M.S. ''Dominion''''' was one of eight [[King Edward VII Class Battleship (1903)|''King Edward VII'' class battleships]].  She entered service in 1905 and spent most of her service in the Great War with a shifting roster of her sisters in the {{UK-BS|3}}.


==Career==
==Career==
As part of the Channel Fleet, ''Dominion'' started a refit in Portsmouth on 7 April 1908.  She was to have magazine cooling equipment fitted, which was supposed to take 10 weeks.<ref>Report from Charles Beresford dated 18 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.  pp. 1-2.</ref>
As part of the Channel Fleet, ''Dominion'' started a refit in Portsmouth on 7 April 1908.  She was to have magazine cooling equipment fitted, which was supposed to take 10 weeks.<ref>Report from Charles Beresford dated 18 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.  pp. 1-2.</ref>


Commenced annual refit on 4 May, 1912 and finished it on 22 September, 1912.{{CN}}
She commenced an annual refit on 4 May, 1912 and finished it on 22 September, 1912.{{CN}}
 
''Dominion'' was assigned to the {{UK-BS|3}} upon its creation in May, 1912 and remained with the Squadron until becoming the last pre-dreadnought to be detached in April, 1918.<ref>See [[Third Battle Squadron (Royal Navy)]] for details on her service in 3BS.</ref> She became an accommodation ship in Chatham-Sheerness that same month.{{SMNLApr18|pp. 13,19}}  She kept laying out the welcome until April, 1919.{{SMNLApr19|p. 21}}  In May, she fell off the Navy List.{{SMNLMay19|p. 24}}


==Captains==
==Captains==

Revision as of 18:45, 1 January 2013

H.M.S. Dominion (1903)
Pendant Number: 41 (1914)
54 (Jan 1918)
41 (Apr 1918)
N.90 (Jun 1918)[1]
Builder: Vickers[2]
Ordered: 1901-02 Programme[3]
Laid down: 23 May, 1902[4]
Launched: 25 Aug, 1903[5]
Commissioned: Jul, 1905[6]
Sold: 9 May, 1921[7]
Fate: Scrapped

H.M.S. Dominion was one of eight King Edward VII class battleships.  She entered service in 1905 and spent most of her service in the Great War with a shifting roster of her sisters in the Third Battle Squadron.

Career

As part of the Channel Fleet, Dominion started a refit in Portsmouth on 7 April 1908. She was to have magazine cooling equipment fitted, which was supposed to take 10 weeks.[8]

She commenced an annual refit on 4 May, 1912 and finished it on 22 September, 1912.[Citation needed]

Dominion was assigned to the Third Battle Squadron upon its creation in May, 1912 and remained with the Squadron until becoming the last pre-dreadnought to be detached in April, 1918.[9] She became an accommodation ship in Chatham-Sheerness that same month.[10] She kept laying out the welcome until April, 1919.[11] In May, she fell off the Navy List.[12]

Captains

Dates of appointment given:

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 31.
  2. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 31.
  3. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 38.
  4. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 38.
  5. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 31.
  6. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 38.
  7. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 31.
  8. ↑ Report from Charles Beresford dated 18 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. pp. 1-2.
  9. ↑ See Third Battle Squadron (Royal Navy) for details on her service in 3BS.
  10. ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (April, 1918). pp. 13,19.
  11. ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (April, 1919). p. 21.
  12. ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (May, 1919). p. 24.
  13. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  14. ↑ Kingsmill Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 755.
  15. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  16. ↑ The Navy List (October, 1908). p. 301.
  17. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  18. ↑ Bridson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/20. f. 273.
  19. ↑ The Navy List (December, 1914). p. 304.
  20. ↑ The Navy List (November, 1917). p. 393d.
  21. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.

Bibliography

  • Dittmar, F.J.; Colledge, J.J. (1972). British Warships 1914–1919. London: Ian Allan.
  • Parkes, O.B.E., Ass.I.N.A., Dr. Oscar (1990). British Battleships 1860–1950. London: Pen & Sword Ltd. ISBN 0850526043. (on Bookfinder.com).
  • Preston, Antony (1972). Battleships of World War I. New York, NY: Galahad Books. ISBN 0883653001.


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