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==Alterations==
==Alterations==
In mid-1913 it was approved that these ships receive a [[Mark III Dumaresq]], Pattern 760.  Having been supplied with the Mark III variant, each was to surrender a Mark I instrument previously allotted.  For some reason, her sisters are not so mentioned.{{AWO1913|283 of 6 June, 1913}}
In mid-1913 it was approved that these ships receive a [[Mark III Dumaresq]], Pattern 760.  Having been supplied with the Mark III variant, each was to surrender a Mark I instrument previously allotted.  For some reason, her sisters are not so mentioned.{{AWO1913|283 of 6 June, 1913}}
In late July 1914, the ship received one of five [[Waymouth-Cooke Rangefinder]]s purchased for evaluation, possibly of a new model.{{AWO1914|219 of 31 July 1914}}


==Captains==
==Captains==

Revision as of 22:29, 15 November 2012

H.M.S. Antrim (1903)
Pendant Number: 9 (1914)
7 (Jan 1918)
N.58 (Apr 1918)[1]
Builder: John Brown[2]
Ordered: 1901-02 Programme[3]
Laid down: 27 Aug, 1902[4]
Launched: 8 Oct, 1903[5]
Commissioned: 23 Jun, 1905[6]
Sold: 19 Dec, 1922[7]
Fate: to Hughes Bolckow, Derwenthaugh[8]


Radio

Antrim received one of the first Service Gear Mark II sets and tested it with that at Vernon in September 1908. The encouraging result was reliable communication over 1000 miles by night and 500 by day.[9]

Alterations

In mid-1913 it was approved that these ships receive a Mark III Dumaresq, Pattern 760. Having been supplied with the Mark III variant, each was to surrender a Mark I instrument previously allotted. For some reason, her sisters are not so mentioned.[10]

In late July 1914, the ship received one of five Waymouth-Cooke Rangefinders purchased for evaluation, possibly of a new model.[11]

Captains

Dates of appointment given:

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 43.
  2. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 71.
  3. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 71.
  4. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 71.
  5. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 43.
  6. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 71.
  7. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 43.
  8. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 43.
  9. ↑ ARTS 1908 Wireless Appendix, p. 14.
  10. ↑ Admiralty Weekly Order No. 283 of 6 June, 1913.
  11. ↑ Admiralty Weekly Order No. 219 of 31 July 1914.
  12. ↑ Inglefield Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 698.
  13. ↑ Pakenham Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 13.
  14. ↑ The Navy List (October, 1908). p. 278.
  15. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  16. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  17. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  18. ↑ The Navy List (October, 1915). p. 392c.
  19. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.

Bibliography

  • Chesneau, Robert; Kolesnik, Eugene (editors) (1979). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. London: Conway Maritime Press. (on Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk).
  • Dittmar, F.J.; Colledge, J.J. (1972). British Warships 1914–1919. London: Ian Allan.



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