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| H.M.S. Superb (1907) | |
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| Pendant Number: | 49 (1914) A0 (Jan 1918) 49 (Apr 1918)[1] |
| Builder: | Armstrong, Elswick[2] |
| Laid down: | 6 Feb, 1907[3] |
| Launched: | 7 Nov, 1907[4] |
| Commissioned: | 29 May, 1909 |
| Sold: | 12 Dec, 1922[5] |
| Fate: | Scrapped |
H.M.S. Superb was one of three dreadnoughts of the Bellerophon class.
Her motto was "Ense et animo".
Equipment
The ship was one of seven which tested Willis and Robinson Electric Revolution Telegraphs. Testing was completed in late 1913.[6]
Habitability
In October 1914, the ship was to be given 3 Pattern 1582 Electric Radiators to warm cabins whose stoves could not be used for heating them.[7]
Performance
Her tactical turning diameter was 405 yards at full speed (best of the class), with the rudder being put over in 10 seconds.[8]
Jutland
- Main article: H.M.S. Superb at the Battle of Jutland
The ship was commanded by Captain Edmond Hyde Parker as part of the Fourth Battle Squadron.
Captains
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
- Captain Frederick C. T. Tudor, 14 March, 1909.[9]
- Captain Herbert L. Heath, 16 August, 1910.[10]
- Captain Ernest F. A. Gaunt, 22 September, 1911.[11]
- Captain George P. W. Hope, 30 April, 1913.[12]
- Captain Price Vaughan Lewes, July 1914.[13]
- Captain Rudolf W. Bentinck, 6 November, 1914.[14]
- Captain Edmond Hyde Parker, 20 February, 1915.[15][16]
- Captain Sidney R. Drury-Lowe, 2 February, 1918.[17]
- Captain Stephen Herbert Radcliffe, June 1918.[18]
- Captain Francis G. G. Chilton, January 1919.[19]
- Captain Charles W. Bruton, 15 December, 1919.
Alterations
Turrets
In October 1914, additions of screened-in positions within her turrets required the existing alternative plans for loading to be abolished, and required further alterations to support a new fall-back means of loading.[20]
Director
Superb was listed as part of the seventeen ship order in 1913 and received a director for her main battery sometime after the war started but prior to May, 1915.[21]
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 32.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 32.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 22.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 32.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 32.
- ↑ Admiralty Weekly Order No. 607 of 24 Oct, 1913.
- ↑ Admiralty Weekly Order No. 512 of 16 Oct, 1914.
- ↑ Burt. British Battleships of World War One. p. 69.
- ↑ Tudor Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 90.
- ↑ Heath Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 200.
- ↑ Gaunt Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 276.
- ↑ Hope Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 44.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ The Navy List (December, 1914). p. 382a.
- ↑ The Navy List (October, 1915). p. 398l.
- ↑ The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 2.
- ↑ Drury-Lowe Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 214.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Admiralty Weekly Order No. 525 of 20 Oct, 1914.
- ↑ The Technical History and Index, Vol. 3, Part 23. pp. 9-10.
Bibliography
- Dittmar, F.J.; Colledge, J.J. (1972). British Warships 1914–1919. London: Ian Allan.
- 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.
- Parkes, O.B.E., Ass.I.N.A., Dr. Oscar (1990). British Battleships 1860–1950. London: Pen & Sword Ltd. ISBN 0850526043. (on Bookfinder.com).
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