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==Captains==
==Captains==
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
 
*{{CaptRN}} [[Arthur Henry Christian]], January 1906.{{MackieRNW}}
*Captain [[Harry Hampson Stileman|Harry H. Stileman]], 9 January, 1908.<ref>''The Navy List'' (October, 1908).  p. 305.</ref>
*Captain [[Harry Hampson Stileman|Harry H. Stileman]], 9 January, 1908.<ref>''The Navy List'' (October, 1908).  p. 305.</ref>
*Captain [[Robert Francis Boyle]], April 1909.{{MackieRNW}}
*Captain [[Thomas Webster Kemp|Thomas W. Kemp]], 2 May, 1911.<ref>''The Navy List'' (April, 1913).  p. 305.</ref>
*Captain [[Thomas Webster Kemp|Thomas W. Kemp]], 2 May, 1911.<ref>''The Navy List'' (April, 1913).  p. 305.</ref>
*Captain [[Cecil Irby Prowse]], May 1913.{{MackieRNW}}
*Captain [[Henry Blackett]], July, 1914.<ref>''The Navy List'' (October, 1915).  p. 393''n''.</ref>
*Captain [[Henry Blackett]], July, 1914.<ref>''The Navy List'' (October, 1915).  p. 393''n''.</ref>
*Captain [[Richard Hyde]], September, 1916.<ref>''The Navy List'' (December, 1916).  p. 393''t''.</ref>
*Captain [[Richard Hyde]], September, 1916.<ref>''The Navy List'' (December, 1916).  p. 393''t''.</ref>

Revision as of 15:30, 19 October 2012

H.M.S. Duke of Edinburgh (1904)
Pendant Number: 15 (1914)
58 (Jan 1918)
none (Apr 1918)
N.33 (Jun 1918)[1]
Builder: Pembroke Royal Dockyard[2]
Ordered: 1902-03 Programme[3]
Laid down: 11 Feb, 1903[4]
Launched: 14 Jun, 1904[5]
Commissioned: 20 Jan, 1906[6]
Sold: 12 Apr, 1920[7]
Fate: to Hughes Bolckow[8]


Radio

In 1908, the ship was one of just nine equipped with the "C" Tune Gear, capable of transmitting (only?) on "S", "U" and "W" tunes. It was to receive a Service Mark II set in 1909.[9]

Alterations

An order for a design for a director system for Duke of Edinburgh was likely issued in early 1915, but priorities for director fittings were such that it was only installed in October 1918.[10]

Duke of Edinburgh was paid off at Portsmouth on 3 August, 1918.[11]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 44.
  2. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 72.
  3. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 72.
  4. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 72.
  5. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 72.
  6. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 72.
  7. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 44.
  8. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 44.
  9. ARTS 1908 Wireless Appendix, p. 13.
  10. The Technical History and Index, Vol. 3, Part 23. p. 15.
  11. The Navy List (December, 1918). p. 780.
  12. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  13. The Navy List (October, 1908). p. 305.
  14. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  15. The Navy List (April, 1913). p. 305.
  16. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  17. The Navy List (October, 1915). p. 393n.
  18. The Navy List (December, 1916). p. 393t.

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).


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