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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=William Edmund Goodenough|nick=William E. Goodenough|appt=3 January, 1911<ref>Goodenough Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}} f. 433.</ref>|end=10 August, 1912<ref>Goodenough Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}} f. 433.</ref>}} | {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=William Edmund Goodenough|nick=William E. Goodenough|appt=3 January, 1911<ref>Goodenough Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}} f. 433.</ref>|end=10 August, 1912<ref>Goodenough Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}} f. 433.</ref>}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=William George Elmhirst Ruck-Keene|nick=William G. E. Ruck-Keene|appt=9 August, 1912<ref>Ruck-Keene Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}} f. 451.</ref>|end=30 June, 1915<ref>Ruck-Keene Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}} f. 451.</ref>}} | {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=William George Elmhirst Ruck-Keene|nick=William G. E. Ruck-Keene|appt=9 August, 1912<ref>Ruck-Keene Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}} f. 451.</ref>|end=30 June, 1915<ref>Ruck-Keene Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}} f. 451.</ref>}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Noel Grant|nick=Noel Grant|appt=30 June, 1915{{NLOct15|p. 392''s''}}}} | {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Noel Grant|nick=Noel Grant|appt=30 June, 1915{{NLOct15|p. 392''s''}}|end=February, 1916{{MackieRNW}}}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Eustace La Trobe Leatham|nick=Eustace La T. Leatham|appt=8 February, 1916<ref>Leatham Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}} f. 147.</ref>{{NLDec16|p. 393''b''}}|note=temporary, reappointed on 28 February}} | {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Eustace La Trobe Leatham|nick=Eustace La T. Leatham|appt=8 February, 1916<ref>Leatham Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}} f. 147.</ref>{{NLDec16|p. 393''b''}}|note=temporary, reappointed on 28 February|end=December, 1916{{MackieRNW}}}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Alexander Farrington|nick=Alexander Farrington|appt=December, 1916{{MackieRNW}}}} | {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Alexander Farrington|nick=Alexander Farrington|appt=December, 1916{{MackieRNW}}|end=April, 1917{{MackieRNW}}}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=James Uchtred Farie|nick=James U. Farie|appt=April, 1917{{NLNov17|p. 392''k''}}}} | {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=James Uchtred Farie|nick=James U. Farie|appt=April, 1917{{NLNov17|p. 392''k''}}|end=14 November, 1918|note=in command when vessel stranded|succBy=Vessel Lost}} | ||
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H.M.S. Cochrane (1905) | |
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Pendant Number: | 19 (1914) 41 (Jan 1918) N.10 (Apr, 1918)[1] |
Builder: | Fairfield[2] |
Ordered: | 1903-04 Programme[3] |
Laid down: | 24 Mar, 1904[4] |
Launched: | 20 May, 1905[5] |
Commissioned: | 18 Feb, 1907[6] |
Stranded: | 14 Nov, 1918[7] |
Fate: | in the Mersey[8] |
Torpedoes
In 1913, Shannon and Cochrane were to be allocated 18-in Fiume Mark III** H. torpedos.[9]
Radio
In mid-1913, it was decided to purchase a Type 9 Cruiser Auxiliary set for her.[10]
Service
A navigating party formed from the nucleus crew of Amphitrite, with other ratings, left Chatham on 16 February, 1907, to crew Cochrane for her acceptance trial.[11]
She recommissioned at Portsmouth on 9 April, 1913.[12]
Battle of Jutland
- Main article: H.M.S. Cochrane at the Battle of Jutland
Alterations
In October 1914, the ship was to be given eleven Pattern 1582 Electric Radiators to warm cabins whose stoves could not be used for heating them.[13]
An order for a design for a director system for Cochrane was issued 22 February, 1915, and an order for its manufacture given 26 August, 1916. Priorities for director fittings were such that it was only made available in November 1918 and never actually installed.[14]
Captains
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
- Captain Dudley R. S. de Chair, 1 November, 1906[15] – 5 January, 1909[16]
- Captain Cecil S. Hickley, 5 January, 1909[17] – 3 January, 1911[18]
- Captain William E. Goodenough, 3 January, 1911[19] – 10 August, 1912[20]
- Captain William G. E. Ruck-Keene, 9 August, 1912[21] – 30 June, 1915[22]
- Captain Noel Grant, 30 June, 1915[23] – February, 1916[24]
- Captain Eustace La T. Leatham, 8 February, 1916[25][26] – December, 1916[27] (temporary, reappointed on 28 February)
- Captain Alexander Farrington, December, 1916[28] – April, 1917[29]
- Captain James U. Farie, April, 1917[30] – 14 November, 1918 (in command when vessel stranded)
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 44.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 44.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 72.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 72.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 72.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 72.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 44.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 44.
- ↑ Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1913. p. 8.
- ↑ Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1913. W/T Appendix, p. 13.
- ↑ "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Monday, 18 February, 1907. Issue 38259, col C, p. 10.
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1914). p. 294.
- ↑ Admiralty Weekly Order No. 512 of 16 Oct, 1914.
- ↑ The Technical History and Index, Vol. 3, Part 23. p. 15.
- ↑ De Chair Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 259.
- ↑ De Chair Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 259.
- ↑ Hickley Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 330.
- ↑ Hickley Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 330.
- ↑ Goodenough Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 433.
- ↑ Goodenough Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 433.
- ↑ Ruck-Keene Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 451.
- ↑ Ruck-Keene Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 451.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 392s.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Leatham Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 147.
- ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1916). p. 393b.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 392k.
Bibliography
- 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.
- Dittmar, F.J.; Colledge, J.J. (1972). British Warships 1914–1919. London: Ian Allan.
- 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).
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