H.M.S. Valiant (1914)
| H.M.S. Valiant | |
| Career | Details |
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| Pendant Number: | 43 (April, 1918)[1] |
| Ordered: | 1912-1913 Programme |
| Built By: | Fairfield, Govan |
| Laid Down: | 31 January, 1913 |
| Launched: | 4 November, 1914 |
| Commissioned: | 13 January, 1916 |
| Sold: | 19 March, 1948 |
| Fate: | Scrapped |
| Motto: | Valiant yet Vigilant |
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Career
Valiant was commissioned at Govan on 13 January, 1916, by Captain Woollcombe.[2]
The ship had a pool table, a photo of which is in the Crawford Scrapbook, Liddle Collection, University of Leeds.
Alterations
Valiant was completed with director firing installed, as all capital ships were supposed to do after 2 January, 1915.[3]
In December, 1914, Open Director Sights were ordered for all[Inference] her turrets. They were likely in place by her completion.[4]
Between late 1915 and mid 1917, she was fitted with a Torpedo Control Plotting Instrument Mark II in the TCT.[5][6]
Her secondary battery directors were installed in April, 1917.[7]
When in 1918 it was desired to give each capital ship possible an additional effective 9-foot rangefinder to support torpedo control, Valiant proposed a pair of transversing mountings atop the beef screen, one each side. Vernon did not want the transversing mountings, owing to the loss in efficiency they incurred on the rangefinder.[8]
At some point, she and her sisters were also outfitted with Turret Control Tables, although there is no indication whether this was 1 table per ship, or 2 in the controlling turrets, or one in all four turrets.[9]
Commanding Officers
Dates of appointment given:
- Captain Maurice Woollcombe, 26 October, 1915.[10]
- Captain Henry T. Buller, 1 October, 1918.[11]
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. p.34.
- ↑ Campbell. p. 44.
- ↑ The Technical History and Index: Fire Control in HM Ships, pp. 10.
- ↑ The Technical History and Index: Fire Control in HM Ships, p. 18.
- ↑ Handbook of Torpedo Control, 1916, p. 38.
- ↑ Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1915, p. 60.
- ↑ The Technical History and Index: Fire Control in HM Ships, p. 16.
- ↑ Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1918, p. 177.
- ↑ Handbook of Capt. F.C. Dreyer's Fire Control Tables. p. 3.
- ↑ Navy List (October, 1917). p. 398p.
- ↑ Navy List (December, 1918). p. 923a.
Bibliography
- Template:BibUKDirectorFiringHandbook1917
- Template:BibUKDreyerTableHandbook1918
- Dittmar, F.J.; Colledge, J.J. (1972). British Warships 1914–1919. London: Ian Allan.
- Template:BibUKFireControlInHMShips1919
- Template:BibParkesBritishBattleships
