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<div name=fredbot:career>{{ShipCareer|fullname=H.M.S. ''Galatea'' (1914)|fate2= |comm=Dec, 1914{{Conways1906|p. 55}} |fatedate=25 Oct, 1921{{DittColl|p. 47}} |order=Sep, 1912{{DittColl|p. 47}} |name=Galatea |launch=14 May, 1914{{DittColl|p. 47}} |builder=[[William Beardmore & Company]]{{DittColl|p. 47}} |laid=9 Jan, 1913{{Conways1906|p. 55}} |fate=Sold |pend=0C (1914)<br>66 (Jan 1918)<br>33 (Apr 1918){{DittColl|p. 47}} |fg=white|bg=crimson}}</div name=fredbot:career> Light cruiser '''H.M.S. ''Galatea''''' was one of eight in the [[Arethusa Class Cruiser (1913)|''Arethusa'' class]], and fought at the [[Battle of Jutland]] as part of the {{UK-LCS|1}}. ==Torpedoes== In mid-1920, it was ordered that ''Galatea'', {{UK-Phaeton}} and {{UK-Royalist}} should replace their [[21-in Mark IV Torpedo (UK)|21-in Mark IV S.L. torpedoes]] with the [[21-in Mark II***** Torpedo (UK)|Mark II***** version]].{{ARTS1920|pp. 6-7. (G. 10141/20-6.8.1920)}} ==Service== On 24 November, 1914, ''Galatea'' was made leader of the {{UK-DF|1}}, replacing {{UK-1Fearless}} (or {{UK-1Active}}, according to the service record of Captain [[James Rose Price Hawksley]]) in that role as that ship went over to lead the {{UK-DF|2}}.{{GFConferences1914|pp218-219}} In 1915-1916, she was given a [[Wise Pressure Telegraphy System Type B]] to trial for torpedo control. Based on this trial, in 1917, she likely received [[Chadburn's Torpedo Order Telegraph]]s and had her Wise gauges redone to indicate [[Torpedo Deflection]] only, as well as having Barr and Stroud instruments provided to acknowledge torpedo orders given via Wise and Chadburn.{{ARTS1916|p. 30}} At the [[Battle of Jutland]], she was flagship of the {{UK-LCS|1}}, screening the battlecruisers under the command of Commodore [[Edwyn Sinclair Alexander-Sinclair, Twelfth Laird of Freswick|Edwyn S. Alexander-Sinclair]].{{UKJutlandOD|p. 46}} In November, 1917, she completed a refit to be a minelayer, capable of carrying 70 (or 74) mines.{{DittColl|p. 117}} She was able to conduct up to six minelaying operations per month, with an operational radius of 1,270 miles.{{ARTSMining1917-18|Plate 7}} She conducted three operations and laid 220 mines in total.{{DittColl|p. 117}} She was reduced to reserve at Portsmouth on 16 August, 1920.{{NLJan21|p. 777}} ==Alterations== In 1915 or 1916, she trialed a [[Wise Pressure Telegraphy System Type B]] for torpedo control.{{ARTS1916|p. 30}} ''Galatea'' was fitted with a director in February, 1918. This alteration required her pole mast to be replaced with a tripod mast for greater rigidity.{{FCHMShips|pp. 11-12}} ==Captains== Dates of appointment are provided when known. <div name=fredbot:officeCapt otitle="Captain of H.M.S. ''Galatea''"> {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Thomas Drummond Gilbert|nick=Thomas D. Pratt|appt=1 July, 1914<ref>Gilbert Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 19643/164.|D7576537}} ff. 164, 248.</ref>|end=December, 1914<ref>Gilbert Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 19643/164.|D7576537}} ff. 164, 248.</ref>|precBy=New Command}} {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=James Rose Price Hawksley|nick=James R. P. Hawksley|appt=December, 1914{{NLJan15|p. 320}}<ref>Hawksley Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}} f. 289.</ref>|end=10 February, 1915<ref>Hawksley Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}} f. 289.</ref>|note=and as Captain (D)}} {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Edwyn Sinclair Alexander-Sinclair, Twelfth Laird of Freswick|nick=Edwyn S. Alexander-Sinclair|appt=8 February, 1915{{NLDec16|p. 394''o''}}|note=in command at [[Battle of Jutland]], and as commander of {{UK-LCS|1}}|end=7 July, 1917<ref>Alexander-Sinclair Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}} f. 361.</ref>}} {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Ernest Kindersley Loring|nick=Ernest K. Loring|appt=7 July, 1917<ref>Loring Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}} f. 103.</ref>|end=c. 10 July, 1917<ref>Day of month inferred by appointment of successor. Loring Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}} f. 103.</ref>|note=temporary}} {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Charles Morton Forbes|nick=Charles M. Forbes|appt=10 July, 1917{{NLFeb19|p. 798}}|end=1919}} {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Eric Valentine Frederick Radclyffe Dugmore|nick=Eric V. F. R. Dugmore|appt=8 August, 1919{{NLFeb20|p. 777}}|end=12 March, 1920<ref>Dugmore Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/90/92.|D8115820}} f. 92.</ref>}} {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=George Bennett Weston Young|nick=George B. W. Young|appt=1 July, 1920<ref>Young Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43/320.|D7602647}} f. 352.</ref>|end=10 January, 1921<ref>Young Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43/320.|D7602647}} f. 352.</ref>}} {{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Frederick Neville Eardley-Wilmot|nick=Frederick N. Eardley-Wilmot|appt=16 August, 1920<ref>Young Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43/320.|D7602647}} f. 352.</ref>|end=|note=temporary, during Young's command}} {{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Hugh Davenport Colville|nick=Hugh D. Colville|appt=June, 1921<ref>Colville Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/45/231.|D7603483}} f. 235.</ref>|end=22 August, 1921<ref>Colville Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/45/231.|D7603483}} f. 235.</ref>}} </div name=fredbot:officeCapt> ==See Also== {{refbegin}} * [http://www.naval-history.net/OWShips-WW1-06-HMS_Galatea.htm Transcribed Ship Logs at naval-history.net] * [[First L.C.S. (Royal Navy) at the Battle of Jutland‎]] {{WP|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Galatea_(1914)}} {{refend}} ==Footnotes== {{reflist}} ==Bibliography== {{refbegin}} *{{Conways1906}} *{{DreyerH}} *{{FCHMShips}} {{refend}} {{Footer Arethusa Class Cruiser (1913)}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Galatea}} {{CatShipLightCruiser|UK}} {{CatShipMinelayer|UK}}

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