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==Alterations==
==Alterations==
As part of the Channel Fleet, she underwent a refit from 11 February 1908 to 21 March.<ref>Report from Charles Beresford dated 18 April 1908 in ''Naval Policy - Strategy - Tactics: Miscellaneous papers from Private Office received by record office'' at {{TNA|ADM 116/942}}, unnumbered folio halfway within series.  p. 1.</ref>
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.{{FCHMShips|p. 15}}
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.{{FCHMShips|p. 15}}


Revision as of 19:32, 12 December 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

As part of the Channel Fleet, she underwent a refit from 11 February 1908 to 21 March.[10]

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.[11]

Duke of Edinburgh was paid off at Portsmouth on 3 August, 1918.[12]

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. ↑ Report from Charles Beresford dated 18 April 1908 in Naval Policy - Strategy - Tactics: Miscellaneous papers from Private Office received by record office at The National Archives. ADM 116/942, unnumbered folio halfway within series. p. 1.
  11. ↑ The Technical History and Index, Vol. 3, Part 23. p. 15.
  12. ↑ The Navy List (December, 1918). p. 780.
  13. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  14. ↑ The Navy List (October, 1908). p. 305.
  15. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  16. ↑ The Navy List (April, 1913). p. 305.
  17. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  18. ↑ The Navy List (October, 1915). p. 393n.
  19. ↑ 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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