H.M.S. Prince Rupert (1915)

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H.M.S. Prince Rupert (1915)
Pendant Number: M.07 (Apr 1915)
M.12 (Jan 1918)[1]
Builder: Hamilton[2]
Laid down: 12 Jan, 1915[3]
Launched: 20 May, 1915[4]
Commissioned: Jul, 1915[5]
Sold: May, 1923[6]

Service

In July, 1918, Prince Rupert was serving with East Coast Forces out of the Humber, the only monitor so assigned.[7]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 103.
  2. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 103.
  3. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 45.
  4. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 103.
  5. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 45.
  6. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 103.
  7. Supplement to the Monthly Navy List (July, 1918). p. 15.
  8. Naval Operations. Volume III. p. 148.

Bibliography

  • Buxton, Ian L. (1978). Big Gun Monitors: The History of the Design, Construction and Operation of the Royal Navy's Monitors. Tynemouth: World Ship Society. (on Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk).


Lord Clive Class Monitor
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  Prince Eugene Prince Rupert Sir John Moore Sir Thomas Picton  
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