H.M.S. Gorgon (1914): Difference between revisions
m (→Service) |
(create new Office sections for captains) |
||
| Line 23: | Line 23: | ||
==Captains== | ==Captains== | ||
Dates of appointment are provided when known. | Dates of appointment are provided when known. | ||
*Commander [[Charles Arthur Robertson-Scott|Charles A. Scott]], 1 May, 1918 – end of war.<ref>Scott's Service Records {{TNA|ADM 196/45.}}</ref>{{SMNLFeb19|p. 803}} | <div name=fredbot:officeCapt title="Captain of {{UK-Gorgon|f=p}}"> | ||
* Commander [[Charles Arthur Robertson-Scott|Charles A. Scott]], 1 May, 1918 – end of war.<ref>Scott's Service Records {{TNA|ADM 196/45.}}</ref>{{SMNLFeb19|p. 803}} | |||
</div name=fredbot:officeCapt> | |||
==See Also== | ==See Also== | ||
Revision as of 17:02, 28 April 2014
| H.M.S. Gorgon (1914) | |
|---|---|
| Pendant Number: | P.59 (Sep 1915) N.51 (Jan 1918)[1] |
| Builder: | Armstrong, Elswick[2] |
| Laid down: | 11 Jun, 1913[3] |
| Launched: | 9 Jun, 1914[4] |
| Commissioned: | 1 May, 1918 |
| Sold: | 28 Aug, 1928[5] |
| Fate: | Scrapped |
H.M.S. Gorgon was an ex-Norwegian coast defence battleship which was purchased while building in Britain by the Royal Navy during the First World War for use as a monitor. Originally to have been named the Nidaros, the Gorgon was so heavily modified and her completion deemed such a low priority that she missed most of the war. To her fell the duty of firing the last rounds on the German-held Belgian coast.
Construction
The Nidaros was ordered from Armstrong's in Elswick in January, 1913. She was launched on 9 June, 1914 by Madame Vogt, the wife of the Norwegian Minister to Great Britain.
Service
She paid off at Devonport on 18 May, 1920.[6]
Alterations
Gorgon's main and second-battery directors were installed by the time she joined the fleet, specifically June 1918.[7]
Captains
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
- Commander Charles A. Scott, 1 May, 1918 – end of war.[8][9]
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 102.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 47.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 47.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 47.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 102.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 781.
- ↑ The Technical History and Index, Vol. 3, Part 23. p. 15.
- ↑ Scott's Service Records The National Archives. ADM 196/45.
- ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 803.
Bibliography
- Buxton, Ian L. (1978). Big Gun Monitors: The History of the Design, Construction and Operation of the Royal Navy's Monitors. Tynemouth: World Ship Society. (on Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk).
- 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.
| Gorgon Class Monitor | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Glatton | Gorgon | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| <– | Humber Class | Monitors (UK) | Abercrombie Class | –> | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
