H.M.S. Galatea (1914): Difference between revisions

From The Dreadnought Project
Jump to navigationJump to search
Line 32: Line 32:
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
<div name=fredbot:officeCapt otitle="Captain of H.M.S. ''Galatea''">{{TenureListBegin|Captain of {{UK-Galatea|f=p}}}}
<div name=fredbot:officeCapt otitle="Captain of H.M.S. ''Galatea''">{{TenureListBegin|Captain of {{UK-Galatea|f=p}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Thomas Drummond Gilbert|nick=Thomas D. Pratt|appt=July, 1914{{MackieRNW}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Thomas Drummond Gilbert|nick=Thomas D. Pratt|appt=July, 1914{{MackieRNW}}|precBy=New Command}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=James Rose Price Hawksley|nick=James R. P. Hawksley|appt=December, 1914{{MackieRNW}}}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=James Rose Price Hawksley|nick=James R. P. Hawksley|appt=December, 1914{{MackieRNW}}}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Edwyn Sinclair Alexander-Sinclair, Twelfth Laird of Freswick|nick=Edwyn S. Alexander-Sinclair|appt=8 February, 1915{{NLOct15|p. 394''g''}}|end=after 1 June, 1916{{UKJutlandOD|p. 46}}}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Edwyn Sinclair Alexander-Sinclair, Twelfth Laird of Freswick|nick=Edwyn S. Alexander-Sinclair|appt=8 February, 1915{{NLOct15|p. 394''g''}}|end=after 1 June, 1916{{UKJutlandOD|p. 46}}}}

Revision as of 01:46, 21 May 2014

H.M.S. Galatea (1914)
Pendant Number: 0C (1914)
66 (Jan 1918)
33 (Apr 1918)[1]
Builder: Beardmore[2]
Ordered: Sep, 1912[3]
Laid down: 9 Jan, 1913[4]
Launched: 14 May, 1914[5]
Commissioned: Dec, 1914[6]
Sold: 25 Oct, 1921[7]

Light cruiser H.M.S. Galatea was one of eight in the Arethusa class, and fought at the Battle of Jutland as part of the First Light Cruiser Squadron.

Torpedoes

In mid-1920, it was ordered that Galatea, Phaeton and Royalist should replace their 21-in Mark IV S.L. torpedoes with the Mark II***** version.[8]

Service

On 24 November, 1914, Galatea was made leader of the First Destroyer Flotilla, replacing Fearless in that role as that ship went over to lead the Second Destroyer Flotilla.[9]

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 Telegraphs 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.[10]

At the Battle of Jutland, she was flagship of the First Light Cruiser Squadron, screening the battlecruisers under the command of Commodore Edwyn S. Alexander-Sinclair.[11]

She was reduced to reserve at Portsmouth on 16 August, 1920.[12]

Alterations

In 1915 or 1916, she trialed a Wise Pressure Telegraphy System Type B for torpedo control.[13]

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.[14]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 47.
  2. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 47.
  3. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 47.
  4. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 55.
  5. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 47.
  6. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 55.
  7. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 47.
  8. ↑ Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1920. pp. 6-7. (G. 10141/20-6.8.1920).
  9. ↑ Grand Fleet Conferences, 1914. pp218-219.
  10. ↑ Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1916. p. 30.
  11. ↑ Battle of Jutland Official Despatches. p. 46.
  12. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 777.
  13. ↑ Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1916. p. 30.
  14. ↑ The Technical History and Index, Vol. 3, Part 23. pp. 11-12.
  15. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  16. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  17. ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 394g.
  18. ↑ Battle of Jutland Official Despatches. p. 46.
  19. ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 798.
  20. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  21. ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1920). p. 777.

Bibliography

  • Gray, Randal (editor) (1985). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. London: Conway Maritime Press. (on Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk).
  • Admiralty, Gunnery Branch (1918). Handbook of Captain F. C. Dreyer's Fire Control Tables, 1918. C.B. 1456. Copy No. 10 at Admiralty Library, Portsmouth, United Kingdom.
  • 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.


Arethusa Class Light Cruiser
  Arethusa Aurora Galatea Inconstant  
  Penelope Phaeton Royalist Undaunted  
<– Birmingham Class Minor Cruisers (UK) Caroline Class –>


Retrieved from "http://dreadnoughtproject.org/tfs/index.php?title=H.M.S._Galatea_(1914)&oldid=112728"