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Her secondary battery directors were installed sometime in 1917.<ref>''The Technical History and Index: Fire Control in HM Ships'', p. 16.</ref> | Her secondary battery directors were installed sometime in 1917.<ref>''The Technical History and Index: Fire Control in HM Ships'', p. 16.</ref> | ||
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| + | Torpedoed and eventually forced to abandon the line to dash home, she was back with the fleet by 31 July.<ref>[[Account_of_Morgan_Singer_of_the_Great_War]]</ref> | ||
==Fate== | ==Fate== | ||
Revision as of 16:23, 24 February 2012
| H.M.S. Marlborough | |
| Career | Details |
|---|---|
| Pendant Number: | 66 (April, 1918)[1] |
| Ordered: | 1911-1912 Programme |
| Built By: | Devonport Royal Dockyard |
| Laid Down: | 25 January, 1912 |
| Launched: | 24 October, 1912 |
| Commissioned: | 2 June, 1914 |
| Sold: | 27 June, 1932 |
| Fate: | Scrapped |
Alterations
In 1913, Marlborough was slated as part of the twelve ship order to receive a director along the lines of that developed in Neptune. She was fully equipped sometime in 1914 prior to the start of the war.[2]
Her secondary battery directors were installed sometime in 1917.[3]
Jutland
Torpedoed and eventually forced to abandon the line to dash home, she was back with the fleet by 31 July.[4]
Fate
Marlborough paid off at Devonport on 1 November, 1920 for a major refit, for which £211,097 was voted in the 1921 Naval Estimates. During her refit she was manned by a care-and-maintenance party under Commander Harry Bingham Jermain, O.B.E.[Citation needed]
Captains
Dates of appointment given:
- Captain Edmund P. F. G. Grant, 25 May, 1914.[5]
- Captain Edward B. Kiddle, 11 February, 1917.[6]
- Captain Charles D. Johnson, 25 October, 1918.[7]
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. p. 33.
- ↑ The Technical History and Index: Fire Control in HM Ships, pp. 9-10.
- ↑ The Technical History and Index: Fire Control in HM Ships, p. 16.
- ↑ Account_of_Morgan_Singer_of_the_Great_War
- ↑ Navy List (December, 1914). p. 355.
- ↑ Navy List (October, 1917). p. 395o.
- ↑ Navy List (December, 1918). p. 842.
Bibliography
- Dittmar, F.J.; Colledge, J.J. (1972). British Warships 1914–1919. London: Ian Allan.
- Template:BibUKFireControlInHMShips1919
- Template:BibParkesBritishBattleships
