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Revision as of 20:47, 28 April 2014

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

Service

Commissioned at Portsmouth on 31 October, 1910. In early 1913, she was attached to the Third Battle Squadron, but was ordered to join the Second Light Cruiser Squadron in mid-1913.[7]

Recommissioned at Sheerness 15 October, 1913.[8]

Recommissioned at Malta on 24 March, 1920.[9]

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.[10]

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 Navy List (July, 1913), p. 397.
  8. ↑ The Navy List (April, 1914), p. 397.
  9. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 899.
  10. ↑ The Technical History and Index, Vol. 3, Part 23. pp. 11-12.
  11. ↑ The Navy List (July, 1913), p. 397.
  12. ↑ The Navy List (April, 1914). p. 397.
  13. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  14. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  15. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  16. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  17. ↑ The Navy List (December, 1918). p. 948.
  18. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 899.
  19. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.

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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