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==Service==
In mid-1913, she was serving in the {{UK-CS|3}}.<ref>''The Navy List'' (July, 1913).  p. 300.</ref>


==Radio==
==Radio==
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==Captains==
==Captains==
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
*{{CaptRN}} Arthur T. Stuart, October 1905.{{MackieRNW}}
*{{CaptRN}} [[Arthur T. Stuart]], October 1905.{{MackieRNW}}
*Captain [[John de Mestre Hutchison|John de M. Hutchison]], 8 May, 1907.<ref>''The Navy List'' (October, 1908).  p. 300.</ref>
*Captain [[John de Mestre Hutchison|John de M. Hutchison]], 8 May, 1907.<ref>''The Navy List'' (October, 1908).  p. 300.</ref>
*Captain [[Cuthbert Godfrey Chapman|Cuthbert G. Chapman]], 19 March, 1909.<ref>"Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Monday, 15 March, 1909.  Issue '''38907''', col B, p. 9.</ref>
*Captain [[Cuthbert Godfrey Chapman|Cuthbert G. Chapman]], 19 March, 1909.<ref>"Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Monday, 15 March, 1909.  Issue '''38907''', col B, p. 9.</ref>

Revision as of 01:35, 14 July 2013

H.M.S. Devonshire (1904)
Pendant Number: 38 (1914)
53 (Jan 1918)
N.19 (Apr 1918)[1]
Builder: Chatham Royal Dockyard
Ordered: 1901-02 Programme[2]
Laid down: 25 Mar, 1902[3]
Launched: 30 Apr, 1904[4]
Commissioned: 24 Aug, 1905[5]
Sold: 9 May, 1921[6]
Fate: to Ward, Preston and Barrow[7]

Service

In mid-1913, she was serving in the Third Cruiser Squadron.[8]

Radio

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.[9]

Alterations

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

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. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 71.
  6. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 43.
  7. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 43.
  8. The Navy List (July, 1913). p. 300.
  9. ARTS 1908 Wireless Appendix, p. 13.
  10. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  11. The Navy List (October, 1908). p. 300.
  12. "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Monday, 15 March, 1909. Issue 38907, col B, p. 9.
  13. Da Costa Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 266.
  14. Pelly Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. 483.
  15. Alderson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 455.
  16. The Navy List (October, 1915). p. 393j.
  17. Kelly Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 166.
  18. The Navy List (December, 1916). p. 393o.
  19. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.

Bibliography

  • Dittmar, F.J.; Colledge, J.J. (1972). British Warships 1914–1919. London: Ian Allan.
  • 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).


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