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|align="center" colspan="2"|'''H.M.S. ''Repulse'''''
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|builder=[[John Brown & Company]], Clydebank<br>(Ship no. 443){{JohnstonClydebankBattlecruisers|Footers}}
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|26 (April, 1918)
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==Alterations==
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==Construction & Service==
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''Repulse'' was completed with her main battery director in place, but had her secondary battery director system installed in September, 1916 &mdash; one month after she entered service.<ref>''The Technical History and Index: Fire Control in HM Ships'', pp. 9-11, 16.</ref>
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Recommissioned at Portsmouth on 1 January, 1921.{{NLJan21|p. 853}}
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In 1923, in test firings of her submerged tubes, the torpedoes were discharged at intervals of 105, 154, 198 and 410 seconds.{{ARTS1927|p. 54}}
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Re-commissioned at Portsmouth on 31 December, 1924.{{NLApr25|p. 263}}
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Re-commissioned at Portsmouth on 1 January, 1929 for service with the {{UK-BCS}} supporting the [[Atlantic Fleet (Royal Navy)|Atlantic Fleet]].{{NLJul31|p. 264}}
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Re-commissioned on 14 October, 1932.  In early 1933, she was soon to reduce, being left in the care of Commander [[Philip Lloyd Neville|P. L. Neville]].{{NLJan33|p. 264}}
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Completed to full complement on 14 April, 1936.{{NLJul37|p. 267}}
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==Captains==
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Dates of appointment are provided when known.
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Cyril Thomas Moulden Fuller|nick=Cyril T. M. Fuller|appt=2 August, 1916{{NLDec16|p. 397''h''}}|precBy=New Command|end=September, 1917<ref>Fuller Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}}  f. 460.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=John Saumarez Dumaresq|nick=John S. Dumaresq|appt=24 September, 1917{{NLNov17|p. 397''k''}}|end=6 November, 1917<ref>Dumaresq Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}}  f. 340.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=William Henry Dudley Boyle, Twelfth Earl of Cork and Orrery|nick=William H. D. Boyle|appt=6 November, 1917{{NLDec18|p. 892}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Alfred Dudley Pickman Rogers Pound|nick=A. Dudley P. R. Pound|appt=18 October, 1920<ref>Pound Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44.}}  f. 294.</ref>|end=18 April, 1922<ref>Pound Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44.}}  f. 294.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Frederic Charles Dreyer|nick=Frederic C. Dreyer|appt=18 April, 1922<ref>Dreyer Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44}}.  f. 156.</ref>|end=21 November, 1923<ref>Dreyer Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44.}} f. 156.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Henry Wise Parker|nick=Henry W. Parker|appt=21 November, 1923<ref>Parker Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44}}.  f. 156.</ref>|end=31 December, 1924<ref>Parker Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44.}} f. 156.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Herbert Willes Webley Hope|nick=Herbert W. W. Hope|appt=November, 1924{{NLApr25|p. 263}}|ass=31 December, 1924<ref>Date his predecessor left.  Parker Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44.}} f. 156.</ref>|end=4 June, 1926<ref>Hope Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/369.}}  f. 417.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Edward Ratcliffe Garth Russell Evans, First Baron Mountevans|nick=Edward R. G. R. Evans|appt=4 June, 1926{{NLJul27|p. 262}}<ref>Evans Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/46.|}} f. 40.</ref>|end=15 September, 1927<ref>Evans Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/46.|}} f. 40.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Theodore John Hallett|nick=Theodore J. Hallett|appt=15 September, 1927{{MackieRNW}}{{DreyerSeaHeritage|p. 287}}<ref>Day of month taken from predecessor.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Francis George Gillilan Chilton|nick=Francis G. G. Chilton|appt=21 April, 1928<ref>Chilton Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/45.|D7603338}} f. 86.</ref>|end=26 November, 1929<ref>Chilton Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/45.|D7603338}} f. 86.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Gerald Charles Dickens|nick=Gerald C. Dickens|appt=26 November, 1929<ref>Dickens Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/45.|}} f. 138.</ref>|end=17 August, 1931<ref>Dickens Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/45.|}} f. 138.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Edward Owen Cochrane|nick=Edward O. Cochrane|appt=17 May, 1931<ref>Cochrane Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/46.|}} f. 147.</ref>|ass=17 August, 1931<ref>Cochrane Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/46.|}} f. 147.</ref>|end=c. mid 1932<ref>Inferred from next appointment.  Cochrane Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/46.|}} f. 147.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Philip Lloyd Neville|nick=Philip L. Neville|appt=9 June, 1932{{NLJan33|p. 264}}{{NavAppts|Thursday, May 26, 1932, Issue 46143, p.19}}|end=21 April, 1933<ref>Neville Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/52/29.|}} f. 381.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=John Henry Godfrey|nick=John H. Godfrey|appt=2 January, 1936{{NLJul37|p. 266}}|end=19 December, 1938}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Ernest John Spooner|nick=Ernest J. Spooner|appt=19 December, 1938{{NLMay39|p. 321}}|end=18 June, 1940}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=William George Tennant|nick=William G. Tennant|appt=18 June, 1940|end=8 December, 1941|succBy=Vessel Lost|note=ship sunk under his command}}
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*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Repulse_(1916) Wikipedia]
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* [http://www.naval-history.net/OWShips-WW1-02-HMS_Repulse.htm Transcribed Ship Logs at naval-history.net]
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Latest revision as of 22:08, 24 May 2022

H.M.S. Repulse (1916)
Pendant Number: 54 (Jan 916)
0A (Jan 1918)
26 (April, 1918)[1]
Builder: John Brown & Company, Clydebank
(Ship no. 443)[2]
Laid down: 25 Jan, 1915[3]
Launched: 8 Jan, 1916[4]
Commissioned: Aug, 1916[5]
Sunk: 10 Dec, 1941[6]
Fate: off Malaya

Construction & Service

Repulse was completed with her main battery director in place, but had her secondary battery director system installed in September, 1916 — one month after she entered service.[7]

Recommissioned at Portsmouth on 1 January, 1921.[8]

In 1923, in test firings of her submerged tubes, the torpedoes were discharged at intervals of 105, 154, 198 and 410 seconds.[9]

Re-commissioned at Portsmouth on 31 December, 1924.[10]

Re-commissioned at Portsmouth on 1 January, 1929 for service with the Battle Cruiser Squadron supporting the Atlantic Fleet.[11]

Re-commissioned on 14 October, 1932. In early 1933, she was soon to reduce, being left in the care of Commander P. L. Neville.[12]

Completed to full complement on 14 April, 1936.[13]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 36.
  2. ↑ Clydebank Battlecruisers. Footers.
  3. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 38.
  4. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 36.
  5. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 38.
  6. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 36.
  7. ↑ The Technical History and Index: Fire Control in HM Ships, pp. 9-11, 16.
  8. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 853.
  9. ↑ Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1927. p. 54.
  10. ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 263.
  11. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 264.
  12. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 264.
  13. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 267.
  14. ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1916). p. 397h.
  15. ↑ Fuller Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 460.
  16. ↑ The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 397k.
  17. ↑ Dumaresq Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 340.
  18. ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1918). p. 892.
  19. ↑ Pound Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 294.
  20. ↑ Pound Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 294.
  21. ↑ Dreyer Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 156.
  22. ↑ Dreyer Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 156.
  23. ↑ Parker Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 156.
  24. ↑ Parker Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 156.
  25. ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 263.
  26. ↑ Hope Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/369. f. 417.
  27. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1927). p. 262.
  28. ↑ Evans Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46. f. 40.
  29. ↑ Evans Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46. f. 40.
  30. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  31. ↑ Dreyer. The Sea Heritage. p. 287.
  32. ↑ Day of month taken from predecessor.
  33. ↑ Chilton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45. f. 86.
  34. ↑ Chilton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45. f. 86.
  35. ↑ Dickens Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45. f. 138.
  36. ↑ Dickens Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45. f. 138.
  37. ↑ Cochrane Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46. f. 147.
  38. ↑ Inferred from next appointment. Cochrane Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46. f. 147.
  39. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 264.
  40. ↑ "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), Thursday, May 26, 1932, Issue 46143, p.19.
  41. ↑ Neville Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/29. f. 381.
  42. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 266.
  43. ↑ The Navy List. (May, 1939). p. 321.

Bibliography


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