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==Captains==
==Captains==
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
* Captain [[Mark Edward Frederic Kerr]], likely before 1913, given his promotion to Rear Admiral that year
*{{CaptRN}} [[Ronald Arthur Hopwood]], December 1911.{{MackieRNW}}
*Captain [[Henry Harvey Bruce|Henry H. Bruce]], 21 June, 1913,<ref>''The Navy List'' (December, 1914).  p. 329.</ref> in command at start of war.<ref>Corbett.  ''Naval Operations, Volume I'', p. 438.</ref>
* Captain [[Mark Edward Frederic Kerr]], ?{{CN}}
*Captain [[Henry Harvey Bruce|Henry H. Bruce]], 21 June, 1913,<ref>''The Navy List'' (December, 1914).  p. 329.</ref>
*Captain [[Lewis Clinton-Baker]], 23 April, 1915.<ref>''The Navy List'' (October, 1915).  p. 394''n''.</ref>
*Captain [[Lewis Clinton-Baker]], 23 April, 1915.<ref>''The Navy List'' (October, 1915).  p. 394''n''.</ref>
*Captain [[Henry Wise Parker|Henry W. Parker]], June, 1916.<ref>''The Navy List'' (December, 1916).  p. 395''c''.</ref>
*Captain [[Henry Wise Parker|Henry W. Parker]], June, 1916.<ref>''The Navy List'' (December, 1916).  p. 395''c''.</ref>
*Captain [[Alexander Lowndes]], 12 February, 1918.<ref>''The Navy List'' (December, 1918).  p. 812.</ref>
*Captain [[Alexander Lowndes]], 12 February, 1918.<ref>''The Navy List'' (December, 1918).  p. 812.</ref>
*Captain [[James Tobin Bush|James T. Bush]], 1 August, 1919.<ref>''The Navy List'' (August, 1919).  p. 812.</ref>
*Captain [[James Tobin Bush|James T. Bush]], 1 August, 1919.<ref>''The Navy List'' (August, 1919).  p. 812.</ref>
*Captain [[Ralph Eliot]], May 1920.{{MackieRNW}}


==See Also==
==See Also==

Revision as of 14:49, 17 October 2012

H.M.S. Hercules (1910)
Pendant Number: 47 (1914)
69 (Jan 1918)
54 (Apr 1918)[1]
Builder: Palmer, Hebburn[2]
Laid down: 30 Jul, 1909[3]
Launched: 10 May, 1910[4]
Commissioned: 31 Jul, 1911
Sold: 8 Nov, 1921[5]
Fate: Scrapped


Alterations

In 1913, Hercules was slated as part of the seventeen ship order to receive a director. It was fitted sometime between May and December, 1915.[6]

By the end of 1915, and probably during 1915, she received one of the first three sets of Walker's Instruments, presumably for trial.[7]

Jutland

Main article

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 32.
  2. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 32.
  3. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 26.
  4. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 32.
  5. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 32.
  6. ↑ The Technical History and Index: Fire Control in HM Ships, pp. 9-10.
  7. ↑ Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1915. p. 60.
  8. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  9. ↑ The Navy List (December, 1914). p. 329.
  10. ↑ The Navy List (October, 1915). p. 394n.
  11. ↑ The Navy List (December, 1916). p. 395c.
  12. ↑ The Navy List (December, 1918). p. 812.
  13. ↑ The Navy List (August, 1919). p. 812.
  14. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.

Bibliography


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