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==Service==
''Chatham'' commissioned at Chatham on 3 December, 1912.  She was ordered to join the {{UK-BS|2}} on 5 July 1913, but may have been attached to it previously.{{NLJul13|p. 292}}


She was to join the {{UK-LCS|3}} in 1916, but was delayed after she struck a mine, thus missing the [[Battle of Jutland]]. She joined around July 1916.
In early 1919, she was sent to the Nore.


==Alterations==
==Alterations==
''Chatham'' was fitted with a director in September, 1918.  This alteration may have required her pole mast to be replaced with a tripod mast for greater rigidity.<ref>''The Technical History and Index: Fire Control in H.M. Ships, 1919''.  pp. 11-12.</ref>
''Chatham'' was fitted with a director in September, 1918.  This alteration may have required her pole mast to be replaced with a tripod mast for greater rigidity.{{FCHMShips|pp. 11-12}}


==Captains==
==Captains==
Dates of appointment given:
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
*Captain [[Theodore John Hallett|Theodore J. Hallett]], 1 January, 1918.<ref>''The Navy List'' (December, 1918).  p. 756.</ref>
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* Captain [[Sidney Robert Drury-Lowe]],
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Sidney Robert Drury-Lowe|nick=Sidney R. Drury-Lowe|appt=11 July, 1912{{NLOct15|p. 392''s''}}|precBy=New Command|end=29 March, 1916<ref>Drury-Lowe Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43.|}} f. 214.</ref>}}
* Captain [[Louis Charles Stirling Woollcombe]],  
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Raymond Fitzmaurice|nick=Raymond Fitzmaurice|appt=23 November, 1915<ref>[http://www.naval-history.net/OWShips-WW1-06-HMS_Chatham.htm Ship's Logbook].</ref>|end=|note=temporary for sick Drury-Lowe}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Arthur Bromley, Eighth Baronet|nick=Arthur Bromley|appt=1 May, 1916<ref>Bromley Service record.  {{TNA|196/44.}} f. 239.</ref>|end=8 September, 1916<ref>Bromley Service record.  {{TNA|196/44.}} f. 239.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Louis Charles Stirling Woollcombe|nick=Louis C. S. Woollcombe|appt=8 September, 1916{{NLNov17|p. 392''i''}}<ref>Woollcombe Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}} f. 267.</ref>|end=1 January, 1918<ref>Woollcombe Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}} f. 267.</ref>|note=and as Second in Command, {{UK-LCS|3}} from 24 December, 1917}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Theodore John Hallett|nick=Theodore J. Hallett|appt=1 January, 1918{{NLFeb19|p. 756}}|end=26 February, 1919}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=William Leslie Elder|nick=William L. Elder|appt=26 February, 1919|end=16 July, 1919}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Alan Geoffrey Hotham|nick=Alan G. Hotham|appt=24 May, 1920<ref>Hotham Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/44/184.|D7576598}} f. 184.</ref>{{NLDec20|p. 953-8}}|end=July, 1923<ref>Hotham Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/44/184.|D7576598}} f. 184.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Alister Francis Beal|nick=Alister F. Beal|appt=22 August, 1923<ref>[http://www.naval-history.net/OWShips-WW1-06-HMS_Chatham.htm Ship's Logbook].</ref>|end=}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Alexander Robert Maule Ramsay|nick=The Hon. Alexander R. M. Ramsay|appt=1923<ref>Ramsay Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/45.}} f. 210.</ref>|end=|note=for passage home}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Noel Frank Laurence|nick=Noel F. Laurence|appt=1924<ref>Laurence Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/48/175.|D7576654}} f. 579.</ref>|end=1925}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Cecil Nugent Reyne|nick=Cecil N. Reyne|appt=1925<ref>Reyne Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/46.|}} f. 98.</ref>|end=4 January, 1926<ref>Reyne Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/46.|}} f. 98.</ref>}}
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==See Also==
==See Also==
{{WP|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Chatham_(1911)}}
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* [http://www.naval-history.net/OWShips-WW1-06-HMS_Chatham.htm Transcribed Ship Logs at naval-history.net]
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==Footnotes==
==Footnotes==
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==Bibliography==
==Bibliography==
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Latest revision as of 22:07, 9 June 2022

H.M.S. Chatham (1911)
Pendant Number: 37 (1914)
38 (Jan 1918)
18 (Apr 1918)[1]
Builder: Chatham Royal Dockyard[2]
Laid down: 3 Jan, 1911[3]
Launched: 19 Nov, 1911[4]
Commissioned: Dec, 1912[5]
Sold: 13 Jul, 1926[6]

Service

Chatham commissioned at Chatham on 3 December, 1912. She was ordered to join the Second Battle Squadron on 5 July 1913, but may have been attached to it previously.[7]

She was to join the Third Light Cruiser Squadron in 1916, but was delayed after she struck a mine, thus missing the Battle of Jutland. She joined around July 1916.

In early 1919, she was sent to the Nore.

Alterations

Chatham was fitted with a director in September, 1918. This alteration may have required her pole mast to be replaced with a tripod mast for greater rigidity.[8]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 46.
  2. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 46.
  3. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 53.
  4. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 46.
  5. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 53.
  6. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 46.
  7. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 292.
  8. ↑ The Technical History and Index, Vol. 3, Part 23. pp. 11-12.
  9. ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 392s.
  10. ↑ Drury-Lowe Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 214.
  11. ↑ Ship's Logbook.
  12. ↑ Bromley Service record. The National Archives. 196/44. f. 239.
  13. ↑ Bromley Service record. The National Archives. 196/44. f. 239.
  14. ↑ The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 392i.
  15. ↑ Woollcombe Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 267.
  16. ↑ Woollcombe Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 267.
  17. ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 756.
  18. ↑ Hotham Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/44/184. f. 184.
  19. ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1920). p. 953-8.
  20. ↑ Hotham Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/44/184. f. 184.
  21. ↑ Ship's Logbook.
  22. ↑ Ramsay Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45. f. 210.
  23. ↑ Laurence Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/175. f. 579.
  24. ↑ Reyne Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46. f. 98.
  25. ↑ Reyne Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46. f. 98.

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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