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Dates of appointment are provided when known.
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Revision as of 14:57, 2 January 2017

H.M.S. Lord Clive (1915)
Pendant Number: M.03 (Apr 1915)
M.08 (Sep 1915)
M.07 (Jan 1918)[1]
Builder: Harland & Wolff[2]
Laid down: 9 Jan, 1915[3]
Launched: 10 Jun, 1915[4]
Commissioned: Jul, 1915[5]
Sold: Oct, 1927[6]

Service

Paid off 26 November, 1918.[7]

On 21 February, 1921, she suffered a premature detonation in her left 15-in gun with an A.P.C. Lyddite shell and full service charge. There were no casualties beyond a slight foot injury.[8]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

Construction

Lord Clive received a very high priority for receiving directors, and the order for her equipment was completed in 1915.[19]

18-inch Monitor

Along with General Wolfe and Prince Eugene, Lord Clive received an 18-inch gun in 1918. The order for her updated bombardment director equipment was completed by October, 1918 and most likely fitted that month.[20][Inference]

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 103.
  2. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 103.
  3. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 45.
  4. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 103.
  5. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 45.
  6. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 103.
  7. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 802.
  8. ↑ Progress in Gunnery Material, 1921. p. 35.
  9. ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 395n.
  10. ↑ Carter Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/301. f. 340.
  11. ↑ Blount Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 428.
  12. ↑ Blount Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 428.
  13. ↑ The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 395f.
  14. ↑ Collard Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 277.
  15. ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1918). p. 834.
  16. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 802.
  17. ↑ Maxwell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48. f. 451.
  18. ↑ Maxwell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48. f. 451.
  19. ↑ The Technical History and Index: Fire Control in HM Ships, p. 13.
  20. ↑ The Technical History and Index: Fire Control in HM Ships, p. 14.

Bibliography

  • Buxton, Ian L. (1978). Big Gun Monitors: The History of the Design, Construction and Operation of the Royal Navy's Monitors. Tynemouth: World Ship Society. (on Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk).
  • Dittmar, F.J.; Colledge, J.J. (1972). British Warships 1914–1919. London: Ian Allan.
  • Gilbert, Martin (1971). Winston S. Churchill: The Challenge of War 1914–1916. III. New York: Houghton Mifflin Company. ISBN 0395131537.
  • 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.


Lord Clive Class Monitor
  Earl of Peterborough General Craufurd General Wolfe Lord Clive  
  Prince Eugene Prince Rupert Sir John Moore Sir Thomas Picton  
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