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Revision as of 21:56, 24 September 2012

H.M.S. Weymouth (1910)
Pendant Number: 03 (1914)
0C (Jan 1918)[1]
Builder: Armstrong[2]
Laid down: 19 Jan, 1920[3]
Launched: 18 Nov, 1910[4]
Commissioned: Oct, 1911[5]
Sold: 2 Oct, 1928[6]


Alterations

Weymouth was fitted with a director in June, 1917. This alteration required her pole mast to be replaced with a tripod mast for greater rigidity.[7]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 45.
  2. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 45.
  3. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 52.
  4. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 45.
  5. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 52.
  6. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 45.
  7. The Technical History and Index: Fire Control in H.M. Ships, 1919. pp. 11-12.
  8. The Navy List (April, 1914). p. 397.
  9. The Navy List (December, 1918). p. 948.

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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