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She recommissioned on 14 March 1913 to join Second Fleet at Portsmouth.  In July, she was ordered to join the {{UK-LCS|2}}.<ref>''The Navy List'' (July, 1913), pp. 340-1.</ref>
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In November, 1915, the ship was temporarily attached to the [[Grand Fleet]].<ref>''Supplement to the Monthly Navy List'' (November, 1915) p. 10.</ref>
 
In November, 1915, the ship was temporarily attached to the [[Grand Fleet]].<ref>''Supplement to the Monthly Navy List'' (November, 1915) p. 10.</ref>
  
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*{{CaptRN}} [[Charles H. Morgan]], August 1910.{{MackieRNW}}
 
*{{CaptRN}} [[Charles H. Morgan]], August 1910.{{MackieRNW}}
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*Captain [[Charles Blois Miller]], 9 January, 1912.<ref>''The Navy List'' (July, 1913), p. 340.</ref>
 
* Captain [[Edward Reeves]], 9 July, 1913,<ref>''The Navy List'' (April, 1914), p. 340.</ref> in command at outbreak of war.{{UKNavalOpsI|p. 440}}
 
* Captain [[Edward Reeves]], 9 July, 1913,<ref>''The Navy List'' (April, 1914), p. 340.</ref> in command at outbreak of war.{{UKNavalOpsI|p. 440}}
 
* Captain [[Gerald William Vivian]], September 1915.{{MackieRNW}}
 
* Captain [[Gerald William Vivian]], September 1915.{{MackieRNW}}

Revision as of 20:05, 14 July 2013

H.M.S. Liverpool (1909)
Pendant Number: 44 (1914)
80 (Jan 1918)[1]
Builder: Vickers[2]
Laid down: 17 Feb, 1909[3]
Launched: 30 Oct, 1909[4]
Commissioned: Oct, 1910[5]
Sold: 8 Nov, 1921[6]

Service

She recommissioned on 14 March 1913 to join Second Fleet at Portsmouth. In July, she was ordered to join the Second Light Cruiser Squadron.[7]

In November, 1915, the ship was temporarily attached to the Grand Fleet.[8]

Alterations

In October 1914, the ship was to be given 4 Pattern 1582 Electric Radiators to warm cabins whose stoves could not be used for heating them.[9]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 45.
  2. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 51.
  3. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 51.
  4. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 45.
  5. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 51.
  6. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 45.
  7. The Navy List (July, 1913), pp. 340-1.
  8. Supplement to the Monthly Navy List (November, 1915) p. 10.
  9. Admiralty Weekly Order No. 512 of 16 Oct, 1914.
  10. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  11. The Navy List (July, 1913), p. 340.
  12. The Navy List (April, 1914), p. 340.
  13. Naval Operations. Volume I. p. 440.
  14. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.

Bibliography

  • 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).


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