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Revision as of 12:46, 4 April 2016

H.M.S. Constance (1915)
Pendant Number: 76 (1914)
23 (Jan 1918)
78 (Apr 1918)[1]
Builder: Chatham Royal Dockyard[2]
Laid down: 25 Jan, 1915[3]
Launched: 12 Sep, 1915[4]
Commissioned: Jan, 1916[5]
Sold: Jan, 1936[6]
Fate: Broken up

H.M.S. Constance was one of four Cambrian class light cruisers completed in 1915 and 1916.

Service

In the Battle of Jutland, she one of five light cruisers in the Fourth Light Cruiser Squadron, screening the Battle Fleet.[7]

Captain Arthur C. Strutt recommissioned at Halifax, Nova Scotia on 27 September, 1920.[8]

Alterations

Constance was fitted with a director in May, 1918. 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.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 48.
  2. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 59.
  3. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 59.
  4. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 59.
  5. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 59.
  6. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 59.
  7. ↑ Battle of Jutland Official Despatches. p. 34.
  8. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 751.
  9. ↑ The Technical History and Index, Vol. 3, Part 23. pp. 11-12.
  10. ↑ Townsend Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/79. f. 98.
  11. ↑ Townsend Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/79. f. 98.
  12. ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 764.
  13. ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1920). p. 751.
  14. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1924). p. 228.
  15. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  16. ↑ Vacher Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50. Book 9, f. 313.
  17. ↑ Vacher Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50. Book 9, f. 313.
  18. ↑ North Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46. f. 144.
  19. ↑ North Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46. f. 144.
  20. ↑ Sarel Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/91/84. f. ?.
  21. ↑ Archer Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/53/141. f. 140.
  22. ↑ Archer Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/53/141. f. 140.

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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