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Owing to the naming of the latest [[Indefatigable Class Battlecruiser (1909)|''Indefatigable'' class]] battlecruiser for her namesake Dominion, ''New Zealand'' was renamed '''H.M.S. ''Zealandia''''' on 1 November, 1911 by Lady Hall-Jones, the wife of the High Commissioner in a ceremony at Portsmouth.
Owing to the naming of the latest [[Indefatigable Class Battlecruiser (1909)|''Indefatigable'' class]] battlecruiser for her namesake Dominion, ''New Zealand'' was renamed '''H.M.S. ''Zealandia''''' on 1 November, 1911 by Lady Hall-Jones, the wife of the High Commissioner in a ceremony at Portsmouth.


==Career==
==Service==
''Zealandia'' was assigned to the {{UK-BS|3}} upon its creation in May, 1912 and remained with the Squadron until January, 1918, when she was detached for miscellaneous duties "in Home Waters or on detached service".<ref>See [[Third Battle Squadron (Royal Navy)]] for details on her service in 3BS.</ref>
''Zealandia'' was assigned to the {{UK-BS|3}} upon its creation in May, 1912 and remained with the Squadron until January, 1918, when she was detached for miscellaneous duties "in Home Waters or on detached service".<ref>See [[Third Battle Squadron (Royal Navy)]] for details on her service in 3BS.</ref>


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H.M.S. Zealandia (1904)
Pendant Number: 73 (1914)
2C (Jan 1918)
19 (Apr 1918)
N.89 (Jun 1918)[1]
Builder: Portsmouth Royal Dockyard[2]
Ordered: 1902-03 Programme[3]
Laid down: 9 Feb, 1903[4]
Launched: 4 Feb, 1904[5]
Commissioned: 11 Jul, 1905
Sold: 8 Nov, 1921[6]
Fate: Scrapped

H.M.S. Zealandia 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.

Her original name, H.M.S. New Zealand, was announced in The Times on 30 September, 1902. She was launched on 4 February, 1904 by Lady Onslow, the wife of the former Governor of New Zealand and Unionist politician the 4th Earl of Onslow. Along with Lord and Lady Onslow, the launch was attended by the Duke of Connaught, Commander-in-Chief Portsmouth Sir John Fisher.

Owing to the naming of the latest Indefatigable class battlecruiser for her namesake Dominion, New Zealand was renamed H.M.S. Zealandia on 1 November, 1911 by Lady Hall-Jones, the wife of the High Commissioner in a ceremony at Portsmouth.

Service

Zealandia was assigned to the Third Battle Squadron upon its creation in May, 1912 and remained with the Squadron until January, 1918, when she was detached for miscellaneous duties "in Home Waters or on detached service".[7]

She completed to full crew at Portsmouth 14 May, 1912.[8]

She was paid off from March, 1918 through at least July of 1919.[9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

Alterations

Then part of the Channel Fleet, New Zealand started a refit in Devonport in May 1908, after completing a Gunlayers' Test.[33]

A main battery gunnery director was ordered for Zealandia on 23 July, 1917 for use in bombardment, and though it was available in September 1918, installation was only partially completed before war's end.[34]

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. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 31.
  7. ↑ See Third Battle Squadron (Royal Navy) for details on her service in 3BS.
  8. ↑ The Navy List, (April, 1914).  p. 398.
  9. ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (March, 1918). p. 19.
  10. ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (April, 1918). p. 19.
  11. ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (May, 1918). p. 19.
  12. ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (June, 1918). p. 19.
  13. ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (July, 1918). p. 19.
  14. ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (August, 1918). p. 19.
  15. ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (December, 1918). p. 19.
  16. ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (January, 1919). p. 21.
  17. ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 21.
  18. ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (March, 1919). p. 21.
  19. ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (April, 1919). p. 21.
  20. ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (May, 1919). p. 20.
  21. ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (June, 1919). p. 20.
  22. ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (July, 1919). p. 20.
  23. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  24. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  25. ↑ The Navy List (October, 1908). p. 348.
  26. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  27. ↑ "Naval Appointments and Retirements" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Tuesday, 11 July, 1911. Issue 39634, col C, p. 15.
  28. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  29. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  30. ↑ The Navy List (December, 1914). p. 398.
  31. ↑ The Navy List (October, 1915). p. 399l.
  32. ↑ The Navy List (December, 1916). p. 399k-l.
  33. ↑ 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.
  34. ↑ The Technical History and Index, Vol. 3, Part 23. p. 15.

Bibliography


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