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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=George Bingham Powell|nick=George B. Powell|appt=10 November, 1917{{NLFeb19|p. 775}}<ref>Powell Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/45/255.|D7603507}} f. 263.</ref>|end=21 May, 1919<ref>Powell Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/45/255.|D7603507}} f. 263.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=George Bingham Powell|nick=George B. Powell|appt=10 November, 1917{{NLFeb19|p. 775}}<ref>Powell Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/45/255.|D7603507}} f. 263.</ref>|end=21 May, 1919<ref>Powell Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/45/255.|D7603507}} f. 263.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Francis Wade Caulfeild|nick=Francis W. Caulfeild|appt=20 August, 1919{{NLSep19|p. 740}}<ref>Caulfeild Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.|D7602567}} f. 255.</ref>|end=19 February, 1920<ref>Caulfeild Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.|D7602567}} f. 255.</ref>|note=and in command of {{UK-1Cornwall}}, {{UK-1Berwick}} and {{UK-1Suffolk}}}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Francis Wade Caulfeild|nick=Francis W. Caulfeild|appt=20 August, 1919{{NLSep19|p. 740}}<ref>Caulfeild Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.|D7602567}} f. 255.</ref>|end=19 February, 1920<ref>Caulfeild Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.|D7602567}} f. 255.</ref>|note=and in command of {{UK-1Cornwall}}, {{UK-1Berwick}} and {{UK-1Suffolk}}}}

Revision as of 09:52, 10 January 2017

H.M.S. Devonshire (1904)
Pendant Number: 38 (1914)
53 (Jan 1918)
N.19 (Apr 1918)[1]
Builder: Chatham Royal Dockyard
Ordered: 1901-02 Programme[2]
Laid down: 25 Mar, 1902[3]
Launched: 30 Apr, 1904[4]
Commissioned: 24 Aug, 1905[5]
Sold: 9 May, 1921[6]
Fate: to Ward, Preston and Barrow[7]

Service

She recommissioned at Devonport on 6 June, 1911.[8]

In mid-1913, she was serving in the Third Cruiser Squadron.[9]

In August, 1919, she was one of four cruisers placed under the command of Captain Francis Wade Caulfeild under the oversight of the Rear-Admiral commanding the Devonport Reserve.[10]

She paid off in charge of the Naval Shipkeeping Party at Devonport on 31 March, 1920.[11]

Radio

In 1908, the ship was one of just nine equipped with the "C" Tune Gear, capable of transmitting (only?) on "S", "U" and "W" tunes. It was to receive a Service Mark II set in 1909.[12]

In mid-1913, it was decided to purchase a Type 9 Cruiser Auxiliary set for her.[13]

Alterations

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 43.
  2. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 71.
  3. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 71.
  4. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 71.
  5. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 71.
  6. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 43.
  7. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 43.
  8. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 300.
  9. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 300.
  10. ↑ Caulfeild Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 255.
  11. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 759.
  12. ↑ ARTS 1908 Wireless Appendix, p. 13.
  13. ↑ Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1913. W/T Appendix, p. 13.
  14. ↑ Fyler Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/88. f. 69.
  15. ↑ The Navy List. (November, 1905). p. 300.
  16. ↑ Stuart Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 1237.
  17. ↑ Stuart Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 1237.
  18. ↑ Hutchison Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 132.
  19. ↑ Hutchison Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 132.
  20. ↑ Chapman Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42/136. f. 161.
  21. ↑ "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Monday, 15 March, 1909. Issue 38907, col B, p. 9.
  22. ↑ Chapman Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/20. f. 659.
  23. ↑ Chapman Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42/136. f. 161.
  24. ↑ Da Costa Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 266.
  25. ↑ Da Costa Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 266.
  26. ↑ Pelly Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 483.
  27. ↑ Pelly Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 483.
  28. ↑ Alderson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 455.
  29. ↑ Alderson Service Record. The National Archives. 196/42. f. 455.
  30. ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 393j.
  31. ↑ Underhill Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 480.
  32. ↑ Kelly Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 166.
  33. ↑ Kelly Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 166.
  34. ↑ The Navy List. (August, 1917). p. 393.
  35. ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 775.
  36. ↑ Powell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/255. f. 263.
  37. ↑ Powell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/255. f. 263.
  38. ↑ The Navy List. (September, 1919). p. 740.
  39. ↑ Caulfeild Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 255.
  40. ↑ Caulfeild Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 255.

Bibliography

  • Dittmar, F.J.; Colledge, J.J. (1972). British Warships 1914–1919. London: Ian Allan.
  • Chesneau, Robert; Kolesnik, Eugene (editors) (1979). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. London: Conway Maritime Press. (on Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk).


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