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Although her class was the first to generally be fitted with [[Service Gear Mark II]], 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.<ref>ARTS 1908 Wireless Appendix, p. 13.</ref>
  
 
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Revision as of 18:17, 28 May 2012

H.M.S. King Edward VII
Career Details
Pendant Numbers: 66 (1914)[1]
Built By: Devonport Royal Dockyard
Laid Down: 8 March, 1902
Launched: 23 July, 1903
Commissioned: 7 February, 1905
Mined: 7 January, 1916
Fate: Sunk

Radio

Although her class was the first to generally be fitted with Service Gear Mark II, 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.[2]

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Footnotes

  1. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships: 1914-1919. p. 31.
  2. ARTS 1908 Wireless Appendix, p. 13.

Bibliography

  • Dittmar, F.J.; Colledge, J.J. (1972). British Warships 1914–1919. London: Ian Allan.
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  • Preston, Antony (1972). Battleships of World War I. New York, NY: Galahad Books. ISBN 0883653001.

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