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'''H.M.S. ''Penelope''''' was one of eight [[Arethusa Class Cruiser (1913)|''Arethusa'' class]] light cruisers completed for the [{Royal Navy]].
'''H.M.S. ''Penelope''''' was one of eight [[Arethusa Class Cruiser (1913)|''Arethusa'' class]] light cruisers completed for the [[Royal Navy]].


==Service==
==Service==
''Penelope'' commissioned on 10 December, 1914.{{NLOct15|p. 396''n''}}
''Penelope'' commissioned on 10 December, 1914.{{NLOct15|p. 396''n''}}
After a few months helping {{UK-1Arethusa}} manage the Home Fleet's destroyer flotillas,{{SMNLMay15|p. 14}} ''Penelope'' joined the {{UK-LCS|5}} by May 1915 and operated as part of the [[Harwich Force]].


In November, 1917, she completed a refit to be a minelayer, capable of carrying 70 (or 74) mines.{{DittColl|p. 117}}  She was able to conduct up to six minelaying operations per month, with an operational radius of 1270 miles.{{ARTSMining1917-18|Plate 7}}  She conducted three operations and laid 210 mines in total.{{DittColl|p. 117}}
In November, 1917, she completed a refit to be a minelayer, capable of carrying 70 (or 74) mines.{{DittColl|p. 117}}  She was able to conduct up to six minelaying operations per month, with an operational radius of 1270 miles.{{ARTSMining1917-18|Plate 7}}  She conducted three operations and laid 210 mines in total.{{DittColl|p. 117}}


Reduced to C. & M. Party at the Nore on 29 June, 1920.{{NLJan21|p. 828-9}}
''Penelope'' left 5 L.C.S. to join the new {{UK-LCS|7}} in March 1918 and served in it until it was disestablished in February or March, 1919.
 
She was educed to C. & M. Party at the Nore on 29 June, 1920.{{NLJan21|p. 828-9}}


==Alterations==
==Alterations==
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Dates of appointment are provided when known.
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Hubert Lynes|nick=Hubert Lynes|appt=1 December, 1914{{NLDec16|p. 396''m''}}<ref>Lynes Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}}  f. 450.</ref>|precBy=New Command}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Alan Geoffrey Hotham|nick=Alan G. Hotham|appt=6 October, 1914<ref>Hotham Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/44/184.|D7576598}} f. 184.</ref>|end=1 December, 1914<ref>Hotham Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/44/184.|D7576598}} f. 184.</ref>|precBy=New Command}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Hubert Lynes|nick=Hubert Lynes|appt=1 December, 1914{{NLDec16|p. 396''m''}}<ref>Lynes Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}}  f. 450.</ref>|end=5 July, 1917{{NLNov17|p. 396''k''}}<ref>Lynes Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}}  f. 450.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Wion de Malpas Egerton|nick=Wion de M. Egerton|appt=5 July, 1917{{NLNov17|p. 396''k''}}<ref>Egerton Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/45.}}  f. 69.</ref>|end=January, 1918<ref>Egerton Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/45.}}  f. 69.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Wion de Malpas Egerton|nick=Wion de M. Egerton|appt=5 July, 1917{{NLNov17|p. 396''k''}}<ref>Egerton Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/45.}}  f. 69.</ref>|end=January, 1918<ref>Egerton Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/45.}}  f. 69.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Laurence Richard Oliphant|nick=L. R. Oliphant|appt=6 January, 1918{{NLDec18|p. 866}}|end=11 January, 1919{{NLDec18|p. 866}}{{NLFeb19|p. 866}}}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Laurence Richard Oliphant|nick=L. R. Oliphant|appt=6 January, 1918{{NLDec18|p. 866}}|end=11 January, 1919}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Gregory Gonville Cuff Wood-Martin|nick=Gregory G. C. Wood-Martin|appt=11 January, 1919{{NLFeb19|p. 866}}<ref>Wood-Martin Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/371.}} f. 420.</ref>|end=7 August, 1919<ref>Wood-Martin Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/371.}} f. 420.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Gregory Gonville Cuff Wood-Martin|nick=Gregory G. C. Wood-Martin|appt=11 January, 1919{{NLFeb19|p. 866}}<ref>Wood-Martin Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/371.}} f. 420.</ref>|end=7 August, 1919<ref>Wood-Martin Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/371.}} f. 420.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Henry Purdon Boyd|nick=Henry P. Boyd|appt=21 April, 1920|end=16 June, 1920}}
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==See Also==
==See Also==
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Latest revision as of 15:40, 12 December 2021

H.M.S. Penelope (1914)
Pendant Number: 8A (1914)
92 (Jan 1918)
17 (Apr 1918)[1]
Builder: Vickers[2]
Ordered: Sep, 1912[3]
Laid down: 1 Feb, 1913[4]
Launched: 25 Aug, 1914[5]
Commissioned: Dec, 1914[6]
Sold: Oct, 1924[7]
Fate: to Stanlee[8]

H.M.S. Penelope was one of eight Arethusa class light cruisers completed for the Royal Navy.

Service

Penelope commissioned on 10 December, 1914.[9]

After a few months helping Arethusa manage the Home Fleet's destroyer flotillas,[10] Penelope joined the Fifth Light Cruiser Squadron by May 1915 and operated as part of the Harwich Force.

In November, 1917, she completed a refit to be a minelayer, capable of carrying 70 (or 74) mines.[11] She was able to conduct up to six minelaying operations per month, with an operational radius of 1270 miles.[12] She conducted three operations and laid 210 mines in total.[13]

Penelope left 5 L.C.S. to join the new Seventh Light Cruiser Squadron in March 1918 and served in it until it was disestablished in February or March, 1919.

She was educed to C. & M. Party at the Nore on 29 June, 1920.[14]

Alterations

Penelope was fitted with a director in April, 1917. This alteration required her pole mast to be replaced with a tripod mast for greater rigidity.[15]

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. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 47.
  9. ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 396n.
  10. ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (May, 1915). p. 14.
  11. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 117.
  12. ↑ Annual Report of the Torpedo School, Mining Appendix, 1917-18. Plate 7.
  13. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 117.
  14. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 828-9.
  15. ↑ The Technical History and Index, Vol. 3, Part 23. pp. 11-12.
  16. ↑ Hotham Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/44/184. f. 184.
  17. ↑ Hotham Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/44/184. f. 184.
  18. ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1916). p. 396m.
  19. ↑ Lynes Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 450.
  20. ↑ The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 396k.
  21. ↑ Lynes Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 450.
  22. ↑ The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 396k.
  23. ↑ Egerton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45. f. 69.
  24. ↑ Egerton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45. f. 69.
  25. ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1918). p. 866.
  26. ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 866.
  27. ↑ Wood-Martin Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/371. f. 420.
  28. ↑ Wood-Martin Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/371. f. 420.

Bibliography

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  • 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.


Arethusa Class Light Cruiser
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  Penelope Phaeton Royalist Undaunted  
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