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'''H.M.S. ''Active''''' was a scout cruiser in the [[Royal Navy]] completed in 1911.  Modern sources often treat her as the name ship of a three-vessel class, but we treat her as contemporary documents do, as one of seven ships of the [[Boadicea Class Cruiser (1908)|''Boadicea'' class]].
 
'''H.M.S. ''Active''''' was a scout cruiser in the [[Royal Navy]] completed in 1911.  Modern sources often treat her as the name ship of a three-vessel class, but we treat her as contemporary documents do, as one of seven ships of the [[Boadicea Class Cruiser (1908)|''Boadicea'' class]].
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==Service==
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''Active'' was one of four scout cruisers attached to the [[Grand Fleet]] at the [[Battle of Jutland]], under the command of Captain Withers.{{UKJutlandOD|pp. 33, 43}}
  
 
==Alterations==
 
==Alterations==
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*Captain [[James Rose Price Hawksley|James R. P. Hawksley]], 10 February, 1915.<ref>Hawksley Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43}}. f. 289.</ref>
 
*Captain [[James Rose Price Hawksley|James R. P. Hawksley]], 10 February, 1915.<ref>Hawksley Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43}}. f. 289.</ref>
 
*Captain [[Cyril Samuel Townsend]], November 1915.{{MackieRNW}}
 
*Captain [[Cyril Samuel Townsend]], November 1915.{{MackieRNW}}
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*Captain [[Percy Withers]], April 1916,{{MackieRNW}} in command at the [[Battle of Jutland]].
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*Captain [[Percy Withers]], April 1916,{{MackieRNW}} in command at the [[Battle of Jutland]].{{UKJutlandOD|p. 43}}
 
*Captain [[Gordon Campbell]], November 1917.{{MackieRNW}}
 
*Captain [[Gordon Campbell]], November 1917.{{MackieRNW}}
 
*Captain [[Edward Ratcliffe Garth Russell Evans, First Baron Mountevans|Edward R. G. R. Evans]], 3 April, 1918.<ref>''The Navy List'' (December, 1918).  p. 723.</ref>
 
*Captain [[Edward Ratcliffe Garth Russell Evans, First Baron Mountevans|Edward R. G. R. Evans]], 3 April, 1918.<ref>''The Navy List'' (December, 1918).  p. 723.</ref>
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==See Also==
 
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==Footnotes==
 
==Footnotes==

Revision as of 17:02, 24 September 2013

H.M.S. Active (1911)
Pendant Number: A2 (1914)
01 (Jan 1918)
N.06 (Apr 1918)[1]
Builder: Pembroke Royal Dockyard[2]
Ordered: 1910 Programme[3]
Laid down: 27 Jul, 1910[4]
Launched: 14 Mar, 1911[5]
Commissioned: Dec, 1911[6]
Sold: 21 Apr, 1920[7]
Fate: Broken up

H.M.S. Active was a scout cruiser in the Royal Navy completed in 1911. Modern sources often treat her as the name ship of a three-vessel class, but we treat her as contemporary documents do, as one of seven ships of the Boadicea class.

Service

Active was one of four scout cruisers attached to the Grand Fleet at the Battle of Jutland, under the command of Captain Withers.[8]

Alterations

In October 1914, the ship was to be given 6 Pattern 1582 Electric Radiators to warm cabins whose stoves could not be used for heating them.[9]

Fire Control Instruments

The ship was equipped with Vickers F.T.P. Mark III equipment for sending range and deflection to the guns. It is not certain that her sister ships were so equipped.[10]

Captains

Dates of appointment given:

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 45.
  2. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 53.
  3. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 53.
  4. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 53.
  5. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 53.
  6. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 53.
  7. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 45.
  8. ↑ Battle of Jutland Official Despatches. pp. 33, 43.
  9. ↑ Admiralty Weekly Order No. 512 of 16 Oct, 1914.
  10. ↑ Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1910. p. 148.
  11. ↑ The Navy List (April, 1913). p. 273.
  12. ↑ Hawksley Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 289.
  13. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  14. ↑ Hawksley Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 289.
  15. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  16. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  17. ↑ Battle of Jutland Official Despatches. p. 43.
  18. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  19. ↑ The Navy List (December, 1918). p. 723.

Bibliography


Boadicea Class Scout Cruiser
Boadicea Group
  Boadicea Bellona  
Blonde Group
  Blonde Blanche  
Active Group
  Active Amphion Fearless  
<– Sentinel Class Minor Cruisers (UK) Bristol Class –>


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