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==Service==
 
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[[Robert Neale Lawson|Robert N. Lawson]] commanded her from October, 1915 through the [[Battle of Jutland]]{{UKJutlandOD|his report on pp. 187-191}} and at the surrender of [[High Sea Fleet]] at war's end.
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[[Robert Neale Lawson|Robert N. Lawson]] commanded her from October, 1915 through the [[Battle of Jutland]], where she operated detached from her {{UK-LCS|3}}, screening the {{UK-BCS|3}}.  In this role, she delivered very effective fire but became the unfortunate focus of attention of a majority of the German ships able to identify a clear target in the failing light.  Shs suffered a great many casualties – many to splinter effects.{{UKJutlandOD|his report on pp. 187-191}}.
  
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She paid off at the Nore 31 March, 1920.{{NLJan21|p. 745}}
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Lawson remained in command through the [[Operation ZZ|surrender of Germany's High Sea Fleet]] at war's end.
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''Chester'' paid off at the Nore 31 March, 1920.{{NLJan21|p. 745}}
  
 
==Alterations==
 
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Dates of appointment are provided when known.
 
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
 
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Robert Neale Lawson|nick=Robert N. Lawson|appt=24 October, 1915{{NLDec18|p. 757}}<ref>Lawson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}}  f. 338.</ref>|end=13 January, 1919<ref>Lawson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}}  f. 338.</ref>|precBy=New Command}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Robert Neale Lawson|nick=Robert N. Lawson|appt=24 October, 1915{{NLDec18|p. 757}}<ref>Lawson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}}  f. 338.</ref>|end=16 January, 1919<ref>Successor assumed command that day.</ref>|precBy=New Command}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=John Colin Howard Lindsay|nick=John C. H. Lindsay|appt=13 January, 1919{{NLFeb19|p. 757}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=John Colin Howard Lindsay|nick=John C. H. Lindsay|appt=13 January, 1919{{NLFeb19|p. 757}}|ass=16 January, 1919|end=8 August, 1919}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Vernon Hammersley-Heenan|nick=Vernon Hammersley-Heenan|appt=5 November, 1919<ref>Hammersley-Heenan Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51/289.|D7605044}} ff. 303, 304.</ref>{{NLJan20|p. 745}}|end=5 February, 1920<ref>Hammersley-Heenan Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51/289.|D7605044}} ff. 303, 304.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Vernon Hammersley-Heenan|nick=Vernon Hammersley-Heenan|appt=5 November, 1919<ref>Hammersley-Heenan Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51/289.|D7605044}} ff. 303, 304.</ref>{{NLJan20|p. 745}}|end=5 February, 1920<ref>Hammersley-Heenan Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51/289.|D7605044}} ff. 303, 304.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Arthur Welland Lowis|nick=Arthur W. Lowis|appt=1 January, 1920<ref>Lowis Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/93.|D7602879}} f. 103.</ref>|end=31 March, 1920<ref>Lowis Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/93.|D7602879}} f. 103.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Arthur Welland Lowis|nick=Arthur W. Lowis|appt=1 January, 1920{{NavAppts|Friday, January 2, 1920, Issue 42297, p.16}}<ref>Lowis Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/93.|D7602879}} f. 103.</ref>|end=31 March, 1920<ref>Lowis Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/93.|D7602879}} f. 103.</ref>}}
 
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==See Also==
 
==See Also==
 
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* [[H.M.S. Chester at the Battle of Jutland]]
 
{{WP|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Chester_(1915)}}
 
{{WP|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Chester_(1915)}}
 
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Latest revision as of 19:15, 20 January 2021

H.M.S. Chester (1915)
Pendant Number: C9 (1914)
39 (Jan 1918)
50 (Apr 1918)[1]
Builder: Cammell Laird[2]
Laid down: 7 Oct, 1914[3]
Launched: 8 Dec, 1915[4]
Commissioned: May, 1916[5]
Sold: 9 Nov, 1921[6]
Fate: to Rees, Llanelly[7]

H.M.S. Chester fought at the Battle of Jutland as part of the Third Light Cruiser Squadron. She suffered grievously from 5.9-in gunfire while screening the Third Battle Cruiser Squadron.

Service

Robert N. Lawson commanded her from October, 1915 through the Battle of Jutland, where she operated detached from her Third Light Cruiser Squadron, screening the Third Battle Cruiser Squadron. In this role, she delivered very effective fire but became the unfortunate focus of attention of a majority of the German ships able to identify a clear target in the failing light. Shs suffered a great many casualties – many to splinter effects.[8].

Lawson remained in command through the surrender of Germany's High Sea Fleet at war's end.

Chester paid off at the Nore 31 March, 1920.[9]

Alterations

Chester was one of just six light cruisers listed as having a Turret Control Table in her T.S. in June 1918. If and when this was provided is uncertain.[10]

She was fitted with a director in May, 1918. This alteration required her pole mast to be replaced with a tripod mast for greater rigidity.[11]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 47.
  2. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 58.
  3. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 58.
  4. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 58.
  5. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 58.
  6. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 47.
  7. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 47.
  8. ↑ Battle of Jutland Official Despatches. his report on pp. 187-191.
  9. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 745.
  10. ↑ Handbook of Captain F. C. Dreyer's Fire Control Tables, 1918. p. 3.
  11. ↑ The Technical History and Index, Vol. 3, Part 23. pp. 11-12.
  12. ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1918). p. 757.
  13. ↑ Lawson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 338.
  14. ↑ Successor assumed command that day.
  15. ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 757.
  16. ↑ Hammersley-Heenan Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/289. ff. 303, 304.
  17. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1920). p. 745.
  18. ↑ Hammersley-Heenan Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/289. ff. 303, 304.
  19. ↑ "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), Friday, January 2, 1920, Issue 42297, p.16.
  20. ↑ Lowis Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/93. f. 103.
  21. ↑ Lowis Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/93. f. 103.

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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