Difference between revisions of "H.M.S. Weymouth (1910)"
From The Dreadnought Project
("Career" is an awkward term for a ship, really) |
|||
| Line 11: | Line 11: | ||
|fg=white|bg=crimson}}</div name=fredbot:career> | |fg=white|bg=crimson}}</div name=fredbot:career> | ||
==Service== | ==Service== | ||
| + | Commissioned at Portsmouth on 31 October, 1910. In early 1913, she was attached to the {{UK-BS|3}}, but was ordered to join the {{UK-LCS|2}} in mid-1913.<ref>''The Navy List'' (July, 1913), p. 397.</ref> | ||
| + | |||
Recommissioned at Sheerness 15 October, 1913.<ref>''The Navy List'' (April, 1914), p. 397.</ref> | Recommissioned at Sheerness 15 October, 1913.<ref>''The Navy List'' (April, 1914), p. 397.</ref> | ||
| Line 18: | Line 20: | ||
==Captains== | ==Captains== | ||
Dates of appointment are provided when known. | Dates of appointment are provided when known. | ||
| − | *{{CaptRN}} [[Edwin Veale Underhill]], August 1911. | + | *{{CaptRN}} [[Edwin Veale Underhill]], 15 August 1911.<ref>''The Navy List'' (July, 1913), p. 397.</ref> |
*Captain [[William Drummond Church|William D. Church]], 15 August, 1913.<ref>''The Navy List'' (April, 1914). p. 397.</ref> | *Captain [[William Drummond Church|William D. Church]], 15 August, 1913.<ref>''The Navy List'' (April, 1914). p. 397.</ref> | ||
*Captain [[Denis Burke Crampton]], April 1915.{{MackieRNW}} | *Captain [[Denis Burke Crampton]], April 1915.{{MackieRNW}} | ||
| Line 29: | Line 31: | ||
==See Also== | ==See Also== | ||
| + | {{refbegin}} | ||
{{WP|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Weymouth_(1910)}} | {{WP|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Weymouth_(1910)}} | ||
| + | {{refend}} | ||
==Footnotes== | ==Footnotes== | ||
Revision as of 11:58, 16 July 2013
| H.M.S. Weymouth (1910) | |
|---|---|
| Pendant Number: | 03 (1914) 0C (Jan 1918)[1] |
| Builder: | Armstrong[2] |
| Laid down: | 19 Jan, 1920[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]
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.[9]
Captains
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
- Captain Edwin Veale Underhill, 15 August 1911.[10]
- Captain William D. Church, 15 August, 1913.[11]
- Captain Denis Burke Crampton, April 1915.[12]
- Captain John Donald Kelly, September 1916.[13]
- Captain George Napier Tomlin, June 1917.[14]
- Captain William Archibald Howard Kelly, September 1917.[15]
- Captain Alister F. Beal, February, 1918.[16]
- Captain Alister F. Beal, 11 March, 1920.[17]
- Captain Gerard Aylmer Wells, April 1926.[18]
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 45.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 45.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 52.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 45.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 52.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 45.
- ↑ The Navy List (July, 1913), p. 397.
- ↑ The Navy List (April, 1914), p. 397.
- ↑ The Technical History and Index, Vol. 3, Part 23. pp. 11-12.
- ↑ The Navy List (July, 1913), p. 397.
- ↑ The Navy List (April, 1914). p. 397.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ The Navy List (December, 1918). p. 948.
- ↑ The Monthly Navy List, (December 1920). p. 899.
- ↑ 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.
| Weymouth Class Light Cruiser | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dartmouth | Falmouth | Weymouth | Yarmouth | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| <– | Bristol Class | Minor Cruisers (UK) | Chatham Class | –> | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
