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Dates of appointment are provided when known.
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Revision as of 16:58, 22 August 2017

H.M.S. Chester (1915)
Pendant Number: C9 (1914)
39 (Jan 1918)
50 (Apr 1918)[1]
Builder: Cammell Laird[2]
Laid down: 7 Oct, 1914[3]
Launched: 8 Dec, 1915[4]
Commissioned: May, 1916[5]
Sold: 9 Nov, 1921[6]
Fate: to Rees, Llanelly[7]

H.M.S. Chester fought at the Battle of Jutland as part of the Third Light Cruiser Squadron. She suffered grievously from 5.9-in gunfire while screening the Third Battle Cruiser Squadron.

Service

Robert N. Lawson commanded her from October, 1915 through the Battle of Jutland[8] and at the surrender of High Sea Fleet at war's end.

She paid off at the Nore 31 March, 1920.[9]

Alterations

Chester was one of just six light cruisers listed as having a Turret Control Table in her T.S. in June 1918. If and when this was provided is uncertain.[10]

She was fitted with a director in May, 1918. This alteration required her pole mast to be replaced with a tripod mast for greater rigidity.[11]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 47.
  2. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 58.
  3. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 58.
  4. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 58.
  5. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 58.
  6. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 47.
  7. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 47.
  8. ↑ Battle of Jutland Official Despatches. his report on pp. 187-191.
  9. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 745.
  10. ↑ Handbook of Captain F. C. Dreyer's Fire Control Tables, 1918. p. 3.
  11. ↑ The Technical History and Index, Vol. 3, Part 23. pp. 11-12.
  12. ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1918). p. 757.
  13. ↑ Lawson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 338.
  14. ↑ Successor assumed command that day.
  15. ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 757.
  16. ↑ Hammersley-Heenan Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/289. ff. 303, 304.
  17. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1920). p. 745.
  18. ↑ Hammersley-Heenan Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/289. ff. 303, 304.
  19. ↑ Lowis Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/93. f. 103.
  20. ↑ Lowis Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/93. f. 103.

Bibliography

  • 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).
  • 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.


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