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==Captains==
 
==Captains==
 
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
 
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
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*{{CaptRN}} [[James Uchtred Farie]], November 1915.{{MackieRNW}}
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* Captain [[Hugh Justin Tweedie]], April 1917.{{MackieRNW}}
 
* Captain [[Arthur Brandreth Scott Dutton]], November, 1917.<ref>''The Navy List'' (December, 1918).  p. 756.</ref>
 
* Captain [[Arthur Brandreth Scott Dutton]], November, 1917.<ref>''The Navy List'' (December, 1918).  p. 756.</ref>
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* Captain [[Norman Atherton Wodehouse]],  
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* Captain [[Forster Delafield Arnold-Forster]], April 1919.{{MackieRNW}}
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* Captain [[Gregory Gonville Cuffe Wood-Martin]], April 1921.{{MackieRNW}}
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* Captain [[Patrick E. Palmer]], May 1922.{{MackieRNW}}
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* Captain [[Everard J. Hardman-Jones]], April 1923.{{MackieRNW}}
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* Captain [[Errol Manners]], May 1925.{{MackieRNW}}
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* Captain [[John S. G. Fraser]], December 1925.{{MackieRNW}}
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* Captain [[John H. Young]], November 1927.{{MackieRNW}}
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* Captain [[Eric R. Bent]], October 1928.{{MackieRNW}}
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* Captain [[Richard M. Welby]], October 1929.{{MackieRNW}}
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* Captain [[Geoffrey R. S. Watkins]], April 1930.{{MackieRNW}}
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* Captain [[Maitland W. S. Boucher]], December 1931.{{MackieRNW}}
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* Captain [[Arthur M. Peters]], December 1932.{{MackieRNW}}
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* Captain [[Norman Atherton Wodehouse]], ?.{{FC}}
  
 
==See Also==
 
==See Also==

Revision as of 13:17, 23 October 2012

H.M.S. Champion (1915)
Pendant Number: C8 (1914)
37 (Jan 1918)
25 (Apr 1918)[1]
Builder: Hawthorn Leslie[2]
Laid down: 9 Mar, 1914[3]
Launched: 29 May, 1915[4]
Commissioned: Dec, 1915[5]
Sold: 28 Jul, 1934[6]


Alterations

Champion was fitted with a director in January, 1918. This alteration required her pole mast to be replaced with a tripod mast for greater rigidity.[7]

At some point likely after the end of the war, she received a Dreyer Turret Control Table in her TS.[8]

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. 57.
  3. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 57.
  4. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 57.
  5. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 57.
  6. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 48.
  7. ↑ The Technical History and Index, Vol. 3, Part 23. pp. 11-12.
  8. ↑ Pamphlet on the Turret Dreyer Table as fitted in the turrets of H.M. battleships and in the transmitting stations of certain cruisers, 1930. p. 4.
  9. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  10. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  11. ↑ The Navy List (December, 1918). p. 756.
  12. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  13. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  14. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  15. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  16. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  17. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  18. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  19. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  20. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  21. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  22. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  23. ↑ 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.


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