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Revision as of 13:55, 2 January 2017

H.M.S. Boadicea (1908)
Pendant Number: 4C (1914)
19 (Jan 1918)
11 (Apr 1918)[1]
Builder: Pembroke Royal Dockyard[2]
Ordered: 1907 Programme[3]
Laid down: 1 Jun, 1907[4]
Launched: 14 May, 1908[5]
Commissioned: Jun, 1909[6]
Sold: 13 Jul, 1926[7]
Fate: to Alloa, Rosyth[8]

Completed in 1909, H.M.S. Boadicea was one of seven scout cruisers in her class.

Service

Boadicea served as flagship of the Third Destroyer Flotilla during the period from 1910-1912 (at least), under the flag of Robert Arbuthnot.

She recommissioned at Chatham on 6 June, 1911.[9] In November, 1911, she was serving as flotilla cruiser for the First Destroyer Flotilla, leading a mix of Beagles and "Tribals".[10]

In early 1913, she was flotilla cruiser of Third Destroyer Flotilla, but was to be re-commissioned on 5 July at Sheerness[11] to serve with the Second Battle Squadron.[9]

Boadicea was still attached to Second Battle Squadron in September, 1914,[12] under the command of Captain Woolcombe,[13]

She was one of four scout cruisers attached to the Grand Fleet at the Battle of Jutland, under the command of Captain Woolcombe.[14]

She was refit to be a minelayer in December, 1917, laying 184 mines in three operations.[15] In this configuration, she could carry 66 mines and conduct six laying operations per month to a radius of 2120 miles.[16]

Boadicea paid off at Chatham on 18 February, 1920.[17]

Navigational Equipment

The ship was one of seven which tested Willis and Robinson Electric Revolution Telegraphs; all the other ships were much larger than she. Testing was completed in late 1913.[18]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 45.
  2. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 50.
  3. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 50.
  4. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 50.
  5. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 50.
  6. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 50.
  7. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 45.
  8. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 45.
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 The Navy List (July, 1913). p. 286.
  10. ↑ March. British Destroyers. p. 160.
  11. ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (February, 1919). pp. 743-4.
  12. ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (September 1914). p. 8.
  13. ↑ Naval Operations. Volume I. p. 438.
  14. ↑ Battle of Jutland Official Despatches. pp. 33, 43.
  15. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 117.
  16. ↑ Annual Report of the Torpedo School, Mining Appendix, 1917-18. Plate 7.
  17. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 735.
  18. ↑ Admiralty Weekly Order No. 607 of 24 Oct, 1913.
  19. ↑ Leake Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 69.
  20. ↑ Leake Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 69.
  21. ↑ Charlton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 282.
  22. ↑ Charlton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 282.
  23. ↑ Haggard Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 38.
  24. ↑ Haggard Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 38.
  25. ↑ Carey Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/201. f. 216.
  26. ↑ The Navy List. (March, 1913). p. 286.
  27. ↑ Carey Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/201. f. 216.
  28. ↑ Fox Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/320. f. 320.
  29. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 286.
  30. ↑ Fox Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/320. f. 320.
  31. ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 392l.
  32. ↑ Woollcombe Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 267.
  33. ↑ Candy Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/279. f. 279.
  34. ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1916). p. 392n.
  35. ↑ Candy Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/279. f. 279.
  36. ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 743.
  37. ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 743.
  38. ↑ The Navy List. (September, 1919). p. 743.
  39. ↑ The Navy List. (September, 1919). p. 743.

Bibliography


Boadicea Class Scout Cruiser
Boadicea Group
  Boadicea Bellona  
Blonde Group
  Blonde Blanche  
Active Group
  Active Amphion Fearless  
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