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<div name=fredbot:career>{{ShipCareer|fullname=H.M.S. ''Lion'' (1910)|fate2=Scrapped |comm=May, 1912{{Conways1906|p. 29}} |fatedate=31 Jan, 1924{{DittColl|p. 35}} |order=1909 Programme{{Conways1906|pp. 28-9}} |name=Lion |launch=6 Aug, 1910{{DittColl|p. 35}} |builder=[[Devonport Royal Dockyard]]{{DittColl|p. 35}} |laid=29 Nov, 1909{{Conways1906|p. 29}} |fate=Sold |pend=22 (1914)<br>79 (Jan 1918)<br>67 (Apr 1918){{DittColl|p. 35}} |fg=white|bg=crimson}}</div name=fredbot:career> ==Construction== ===Armament=== ''Lion'' was equipped with the Vickers-designed{{RobertsBattlecruisers|p. 87}} 13.5-inch gun and mounting. Her mountings were constructed by Armstrongs and fired the lighter 1,250lb projectile, and were designated Mk II. The gun firing circuits were powered by on-mounting dynamos driven by water-turbine Pelton wheels fed by the hydraulic main.{{RobertsBattlecruisers|p. 88}} At the start of the war, ''Lion'''s five 9-foot rangefinders made her then the most profusely-equipped Royal Navy capital ship prior to {{UK-QueenMary]] and the [[King George V Class Battleship (1912)|''King George V'' class'']]. Two of these were located in turrets, though it had been approved before the war that all ships of [[Lion Class Battlecruiser (1910)|''Lion'']] and [[Orion Class Battleship (1910)|''Orion'' classes]] and earlier should have rangefinders in all turrets.{{UKTH23|p. 32}} ===Secondary Battery=== ''Lion'' differed from ''Princess Royal'' (and probably ''Queen Mary'') in using a P. IV* mounting [[Colossus Class Battleship (1910)#Secondary Battery|as in the ''Colossus'' class]] for her sixteen 4-in guns. ===Reconstruction=== ''Lion'' was taken in hand by Devonport Dockyard on 12 February, 1912. At that time her acceptance trial was projected to take place on 11 March.<ref>"The Battle Cruiser Lion" (News). ''The Times''. Tuesday, 13 February, 1912. Issue '''39820''', col B, p. 8.</ref> She commissioned at Devonport on 4 June as Flagship of Rear-Admiral [[Lewis Bayly]].{{RobertsBattlecruisers|p. 123}} ==Career== [[File:Lion Ammunitioning, National Archives of Canada PA-6591.jpg|thumb|right|400px|''Lion'' taking aboard 13.5-inch shells.<br><small>Photo: Library and Archives Canada PA-6591''.</small>]] Late war Gunnery Officer [[William Bayard Hynes]] ==Jutland== :[[H.M.S. Lion at the Battle of Jutland|<small>Main article</small>]] The officer in charge of the {{TS}} at Jutland was Sub-Lieutenant R.P. Selby. According to the notes of Lieutenant-Commander [[Gerald Fortescue Longhurst]], ''Lion's'' "A", "B", and "X" turrets expended 314 rounds of 13.5-inch A.P.C. Lyddite shell. "A" turret expended 95, "B" 107, "X" 112, and "Q" turret 12 before loss. At 20:38 "A" turret had 56 rounds per gun remaining, "B" 50, and "X" 50.<ref>British Library. Jellicoe Papers. Add. MSS. 49029. f. 107.</ref> ==Alterations== ===Directors=== In 1913, ''Lion'' was slated as part of the [[British Adoption of the Director#Early Orders|seventeen ship order]] to receive a director. It was fitted sometime after the war started but prior to May, 1915.{{FCHMShips|pp. 9-10}} In May 1917, in recognition of shortcomings in the use of directing guns, it was ordered that ''Lion'' and ''Princess Royal'' should be fitted with a second tripod-type director aft, as described on the [[Lion_Class_Battlecruiser_(1910)|class page]]. ''Lion'' received her second director during a refit in September, 1918.{{FCHMShips|pp. 18-9}} ===Searchlights=== In late 1913, two 24-in Automatic Motor Lamp manufactured by Messrs. Clarke, Chapman & Co. Ltd., a model which had recently been trialled in {{UK-Vernon}}, were to be installed in the ship at [[Devonport Royal Dockyard]] for a three-month trial.{{AWO1913|702 of 5 Dec, 1913}} ==Captains== Dates of appointment are provided when known. *{{CaptRN}} [[Crawford Maclachlan]], 19 September, 1911.<ref>"Naval Appointments" (Official Appointments and Notices). ''The Times''. Monday, 11 September, 1911. Issue '''39687''', col G, p. 11.</ref> *Captain [[Arthur Allan Morison Duff|Arthur A. M. Duff]], November, 1911.{{RobertsBattlecruisers|p. 123}} *Captain [[Alfred Ernle Montacute Chatfield, First Baron Chatfield|A. Ernle M. Chatfield]], 1 March, 1913.<ref>"Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). ''The Times''. Friday, 7 February, 1913. Issue '''40129''', col C, p. 11.</ref> *Captain [[Roger Roland Charles Backhouse|Roger R. C. Backhouse]], 30 November, 1916.<ref>''The Navy List'' (November, 1917). p. 395''d''.</ref> *Captain [[Hugh Francis Paget Sinclair|Hugh F. P. Sinclair]], 22 May, 1918.<ref>Sinclair Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43}}. f. 368.</ref> *Captain [[Arthur John Davies|Arthur J. Davies]], May, 1918.<ref>''The Navy List'' (December, 1918). p. 832.</ref> *Captain [[Wilfred Tompkinson]], 17 March, 1919.<ref>''The Monthly Navy List'' (August, 1919). p. 832.</ref> *Captain [[Albert Percy Addison]], January 1920.{{MackieRNW}} *Commander [[Arthur L. Gresson]], 9 July, 1920.<ref>''The Monthly Navy List'', (December 1920). p. 802.</ref> *Captain [[Reginald St. Pierre Parry]], October 1921.{{MackieRNW}} ==See Also== {{WP|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Lion_(1910)}} *[http://dreadnoughtproject.org/models/ships/HMS_Queen_Mary/ 3D Model of ''Queen Mary''] available for licensing, adaptable to ''Lion'' ==Footnotes== {{reflist}} ==Bibliography== {{refbegin}} *{{DittColl}} *{{FCHMShips}} *{{BrooksDGBJ}} *{{DirectorH}} *{{DreyerH}} *{{SumidaIDNS}} {{refend}} {{Footer Lion Class Battlecruiser (1910)}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Lion}} {{CatShipBattlecruiser|UK}}

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