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Revision as of 17:48, 28 February 2015
H.M.S. King George V (1911) | |
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Pendant Number: | 61 (1914) 77 (Jan 1918) 70 (Apr 1918)[1] |
Builder: | Portsmouth Royal Dockyard[2] |
Ordered: | 1910 Programme[3] |
Laid down: | 16 Jan, 1911[4] |
Launched: | 9 Oct, 1911[5] |
Commissioned: | 16 Nov, 1912 |
Sold: | Dec, 1926[6] |
Fate: | Scrapped |
H.M.S. King George V was one of four King George V class battleships completed for the Royal Navy shortly before the war.
Alterations
In 1913, King George V was slated as part of the twelve ship order to receive a director along the lines of that developed in Neptune. She was fully equipped sometime in 1914 prior to the start of the war with a light aloft tower atop her spotting top.[7] A letter at the National Maritime Museum seems to indicate that the fitting of the director tower was well underway on at the end of January at Portsmouth and that the same alteration could be copied for Ajax, Audacious and the Iron Duke class.[8]
In October, 1914, it was decided that King George V should receive an Open Director Sight for each of her turrets. They were fitted between April 1916 and June 1917.[9]
In October 1914, the ship was to be given 8 Pattern 1582 Electric Radiators to warm cabins whose stoves could not be used for heating them.[10]
Torpedo Control
In 1919, she was selected to eventually receive a Renouf Torpedo Tactical Instrument Type B and one of the first nine Renouf Torpedo Tactical Instrument Type Fs manufactured by Elliott Brothers.[11] In 1920, however, it was decided to send her Type F to Orion or to the the Staff College at Greenwich.[12]
Between late 1915 and mid 1917, she was fitted with a Torpedo Control Plotting Instrument Mark II in the T.C.T..[13][14]
Rangefinders
In June 1914, the ship was directed to return its Waymouth-Cooke Rangefinder to the manufacturer to replace the long telescope with a shorter one.[15]
When in 1918 it was desired to give each capital ship possible an additional effective 9-foot rangefinder to support torpedo control, King George V proposed one aft of the after funnel, which required a platform between No. 3 searchlight towers, on a transversing mounting to permit forward arcs. This would leave the 9-foot rangefinder on the bridge for use by the admiral and the secondary battery.[16]
Telescopes
In September 1914, the ship was to be sent sixteen 3/9 power telescopes and to return the same number of 2.5 power scopes, Pattern G. 329 upon receipt. These were likely to serve as trainer telescopes. Constrained supplies meant that 26% of the scopes may have been 5/12 and 5/21 scopes.[17]
Radio
By the end of 1913, she and the rest of the Second Battle Squadron were all equipped with Battleship Auxiliary W/T sets.[18]
Service
Jutland
- Main article: H.M.S. King George V at the Battle of Jutland
The ship, as flagship to Vice-Admiral Thomas Jerram's Second Battle Squadron, led the First Division, the left-most upon which the Grand Fleet deployed. Captain Frederick Field was in command.
King George V recommissioned on 28 August, 1917.[19]
Captains
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
- Captain John Nicholas, October, 1912[20]
- Captain Mark E. F. Kerr, 16 November, 1912[21] – January, 1913[22]
- Captain George H. Baird, 7 March, 1913[23] – 16 December, 1915[24]
- Captain Frederick L. Field, 16 December, 1915[25] – 8 June, 1916[26] (and as Flag Captain)
- Captain Vincent B. Molteno, 9 August, 1916[27][28]
- Captain John W. L. McClintock, 1 December, 1916[29]
- Captain Alexander V. Campbell, 5 April, 1918[30]
- Captain Arthur J. Davies, 22 March, 1919[31]
- Captain Bertram S. Thesiger, 26 October, 1920[32]
- Captain John L. Pearson, February, 1923[33]
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 33.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 33.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 30.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 30.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 33.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 33.
- ↑ The Technical History and Index: Fire Control in HM Ships, pp. 9-10. Audacious, which likely had the same configuration, is shown with her tower as described at Wikipedia.
- ↑ Letter in D'Eyncourt Papers at the National Maritime Museum's Caird Library, DEY/27
- ↑ The Technical History and Index: Fire Control in HM Ships, p. 18.
- ↑ Admiralty Weekly Order No. 512 of 16 Oct, 1914.
- ↑ Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1919. p. 119.
- ↑ Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1920. p. 91.
- ↑ Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1915. p. 60.
- ↑ Handbook of Torpedo Control, 1916. p. 38.
- ↑ Admiralty Weekly Order No. 68 of 26 June 1914.
- ↑ Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1918. p. 177.
- ↑ Admiralty Weekly Order No. 408 of 25 Sep, 1914.
- ↑ Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1913. W/T Appendix, p. 13.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 798.
- ↑ Nicholas Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 306.
- ↑ Kerr Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 30.
- ↑ Kerr Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 30.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 395h.
- ↑ Baird Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 249.
- ↑ Field Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 178.
- ↑ Field Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 178.
- ↑ Molteno Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 260.
- ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1916). p. 395s.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1917). p. 394x.
- ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 825.
- ↑ The Navy List. (August, 1919). p. 825.
- ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1920). p. 797.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
Bibliography
- Dittmar, F.J.; Colledge, J.J. (1972). British Warships 1914–1919. London: Ian Allan.
- Corbett, Sir Julian S. (1920). Naval Operations. Volume I. London: Longmans, Green and Co..
- 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).
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