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The ''New Zealand'' then travelled around the bottom of South America, and, having spent four days in Montevideo,<ref>"The News Zealand at Montevideo" (News in Brief). ''The Times''. Friday, 3 October, 1913. Issue '''40333''', col D, p. 5.</ref> left there on the 7th.<ref>"Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). ''The Times''. Wednesday, 8 October, 1913. Issue '''40337''', col C, p. 10.</ref> On the 27th she arrived at Port-of-Spain, Trinidad.<ref>"News in Brief" (News in Brief). ''The Times''. Tuesday, 28 October, 1913. Issue '''40354''', col C, p. 7.</ref> She arrived at Dominica on 3 November, the same day that the {{UK-Suffolk}}, flying the flag of Rear-Admiral [[Christopher George Francis Maurice Cradock|Sir Christopher G. F. M. Cradock]], and the {{UK-Berwick}} arrived.<ref>"Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). ''The Times''. Wednesday, 5 November, 1913. Issue '''40361''', col C, p. 13.</ref> She arrived at Bermuda on the 13th, and left on the 18th.<ref>"Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). ''The Times''. Friday, 21 November, 1913. Issue '''40375''', col F, p. 4.</ref> She arrived at Halifax on the 21st.<ref>"Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). ''The Times''. Monday, 24 November, 1913. Issue '''40377''', col B, p. 5.</ref> She left Halifax for Portsmouth on 30 November, having to make the voyage on oil fuel owing to the non-arrival of a collier.<ref>"News in Brief" (News in Brief). ''The Times''. Tuesday, 2 December, 1913. Issue '''40384''', col F, p. 7.</ref> | The ''New Zealand'' then travelled around the bottom of South America, and, having spent four days in Montevideo,<ref>"The News Zealand at Montevideo" (News in Brief). ''The Times''. Friday, 3 October, 1913. Issue '''40333''', col D, p. 5.</ref> left there on the 7th.<ref>"Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). ''The Times''. Wednesday, 8 October, 1913. Issue '''40337''', col C, p. 10.</ref> On the 27th she arrived at Port-of-Spain, Trinidad.<ref>"News in Brief" (News in Brief). ''The Times''. Tuesday, 28 October, 1913. Issue '''40354''', col C, p. 7.</ref> She arrived at Dominica on 3 November, the same day that the {{UK-Suffolk}}, flying the flag of Rear-Admiral [[Christopher George Francis Maurice Cradock|Sir Christopher G. F. M. Cradock]], and the {{UK-Berwick}} arrived.<ref>"Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). ''The Times''. Wednesday, 5 November, 1913. Issue '''40361''', col C, p. 13.</ref> She arrived at Bermuda on the 13th, and left on the 18th.<ref>"Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). ''The Times''. Friday, 21 November, 1913. Issue '''40375''', col F, p. 4.</ref> She arrived at Halifax on the 21st.<ref>"Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). ''The Times''. Monday, 24 November, 1913. Issue '''40377''', col B, p. 5.</ref> She left Halifax for Portsmouth on 30 November, having to make the voyage on oil fuel owing to the non-arrival of a collier.<ref>"News in Brief" (News in Brief). ''The Times''. Tuesday, 2 December, 1913. Issue '''40384''', col F, p. 7.</ref> | ||
− | ==Habitability== | + | ==Alterations== |
+ | ===Habitability=== | ||
In October 1914, the ship was to be given 12 Pattern 1582 Electric Radiators to warm cabins whose stoves could not be used for heating them.{{AWO1914|512 of 16 Oct, 1914}} | In October 1914, the ship was to be given 12 Pattern 1582 Electric Radiators to warm cabins whose stoves could not be used for heating them.{{AWO1914|512 of 16 Oct, 1914}} | ||
− | ==Torpedoes== | + | ===Turrets=== |
+ | In October 1914, additions of screened-in positions within her "A" turret required her existing alternative plan for loading to be abolished, and required further alterations to support a new fall-back means of loading.{{AWO1914|525 of 20 Oct, 1914}} | ||
+ | |||
+ | ===Torpedoes=== | ||
In December 1912, the Admiralty imposed a limit of gyro angle settings of 20 degrees in ten ships. This restriction was lifted just before the war.{{AWO1914|207 of 31 July 1914}} | In December 1912, the Admiralty imposed a limit of gyro angle settings of 20 degrees in ten ships. This restriction was lifted just before the war.{{AWO1914|207 of 31 July 1914}} | ||
Revision as of 14:51, 17 November 2012
H.M.S. New Zealand (1911) | |
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Pendant Number: | 08 (1914) 90 (Jan 1918) 53 (Apr 1918)[1] |
Builder: | Fairfield, Govan[2] |
Ordered: | 1908 Programme[3] |
Laid down: | 20 Jun, 1910[4] |
Launched: | 1 Jul, 1911[5] |
Commissioned: | 1912[6] |
Sold: | 19 Dec, 1922[7] |
Fate: | Scrapped |
Contents
Service
On 16 August, she called at Mazatlan and left on the 18th.[8] Her next call was Acapulco, where she arrived on the 21st and left the following day.[9] On the 23rd she stopped at Salina Cruz before leaving on the 25th.[10] She arrived at Panama City on the 29th.[11] On 8 September, she called at Callao,[12] and on the 17th, she arrived at Valparaiso.[13]
The New Zealand then travelled around the bottom of South America, and, having spent four days in Montevideo,[14] left there on the 7th.[15] On the 27th she arrived at Port-of-Spain, Trinidad.[16] She arrived at Dominica on 3 November, the same day that the Suffolk, flying the flag of Rear-Admiral Sir Christopher G. F. M. Cradock, and the Berwick arrived.[17] She arrived at Bermuda on the 13th, and left on the 18th.[18] She arrived at Halifax on the 21st.[19] She left Halifax for Portsmouth on 30 November, having to make the voyage on oil fuel owing to the non-arrival of a collier.[20]
Alterations
Habitability
In October 1914, the ship was to be given 12 Pattern 1582 Electric Radiators to warm cabins whose stoves could not be used for heating them.[21]
Turrets
In October 1914, additions of screened-in positions within her "A" turret required her existing alternative plan for loading to be abolished, and required further alterations to support a new fall-back means of loading.[22]
Torpedoes
In December 1912, the Admiralty imposed a limit of gyro angle settings of 20 degrees in ten ships. This restriction was lifted just before the war.[23]
Great War
Battle of Heligoland Bight
Battle of Jutland
Post-Jutland
New Zealand went into Rosyth dockyard for refit during November, 1916.[24] While there, all her 12-inch guns were replaced.[25]
Post-War
Empire Cruise
Captains
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
- Captain Lionel Halsey, 21 September, 1912.[26]
- Captain John F. E. Green, June, 1915.[27]
- Captain Richard Webb, 1 October, 1917.[28]
- Captain Leonard A. B. Donaldson, September, 1918.[29]
- Captain Oliver E. Leggett, 11 February, 1919,[30] commissioning the ship at 0800 at Devonport.[31]
Gunnery Record
ROUNDS FIRED BY NEW ZEALAND. TURRET GUNS | |||||||||
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OCCASION | "A" | "P" | "Q" | "X" | TOTAL | ||||
R. | L. | R. | L. | R. | L. | R. | L. | ||
Woolwich (proof) | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 24 |
Woolwich (full) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 16 |
Peace (full) | 13 | 14 | 16 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 11 | 103 |
Peace (¾) | 24 | 24 | 22 | 21 | 22 | 22 | 23 | 25 | 183 |
War practise (full) | 15 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 8 | 12 | 16 | 16 | 109 |
War practise (¾) | 8 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 67 |
Heligoland (full) | 17 | 17 | 5 | 14 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 83 |
Dogger Bank (full) | 15 | 17 | 15 | 18 | 14 | 14 | 24 | 24 | 141 |
Dogger Bank (¾) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 |
Jutland (full) | 53 | 47 | 65 | 64 | 51 | 54 | 52 | 44 | 430 |
Jutland (¾) | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 2 |
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Equivalent full | 129¼ | 126½ | 131 | 138 | 110 | 118¾ | 129¼ | 114½ | 997¼ |
№ of rounds | 151 | 149 | 146 | 161 | 131 | 139 | 151 | 137 | 1,165 |
Rounds in action | 86 | 82 | 87 | 98 | 75 | 79 | 85 | 72 | 664 |
Alterations
In 1913, New Zealand was slated as part of the seventeen ship order to receive a director. It was fitted sometime between May and December, 1915.[32]
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 35.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 26.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 26.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 26.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 35.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. pp. 26-7.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 35.
- ↑ "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Wednesday, 20 August, 1913. Issue 40295, col E, p. 10.
- ↑ "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Saturday, 23 August, 1913. Issue 40298, col F, p. 8.
- ↑ "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Tuesday, 26 August, 1913. Issue 40300, col C, p. 2.
- ↑ "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Monday, 1 September, 1913. Issue 40305, col C, p. 3.
- ↑ "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Wednesday, 10 September, 1913. Issue 40313, col F, p. 3.
- ↑ "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Friday, 19 September, 1913. Issue 40321, col E, p. 2.
- ↑ "The News Zealand at Montevideo" (News in Brief). The Times. Friday, 3 October, 1913. Issue 40333, col D, p. 5.
- ↑ "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Wednesday, 8 October, 1913. Issue 40337, col C, p. 10.
- ↑ "News in Brief" (News in Brief). The Times. Tuesday, 28 October, 1913. Issue 40354, col C, p. 7.
- ↑ "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Wednesday, 5 November, 1913. Issue 40361, col C, p. 13.
- ↑ "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Friday, 21 November, 1913. Issue 40375, col F, p. 4.
- ↑ "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Monday, 24 November, 1913. Issue 40377, col B, p. 5.
- ↑ "News in Brief" (News in Brief). The Times. Tuesday, 2 December, 1913. Issue 40384, col F, p. 7.
- ↑ Admiralty Weekly Order No. 512 of 16 Oct, 1914.
- ↑ Admiralty Weekly Order No. 525 of 20 Oct, 1914.
- ↑ Admiralty Weekly Order No. 207 of 31 July 1914.
- ↑ Roberts. Battlecruisers. p. 123.
- ↑ See Telegram G.31090/16. 5 October, 1916. The National Archives. ADM 116/1645. f. 95.
- ↑ The Navy List (December, 1914). p. 361.
- ↑ The Navy List (October, 1915). p. 396f.
- ↑ The Navy List (November, 1917). p. 395r.
- ↑ The Navy List (December, 1918). p. 852.
- ↑ The Navy List (August, 1919). p. 852.
- ↑ Ship's Logbook. ADM 53/62665.
- ↑ The Technical History and Index: Fire Control in HM Ships, pp. 9-11.
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).
- Roberts, John (1997). Battlecruisers. London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 186176006X. Annapolis: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 1557500681. (on Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk).
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