H.M.S. Marlborough (1912)
| Career | Details |
|---|---|
| Pendant Number: | 66 (April, 1918)[1] |
| Ordered: | 1911-1912 Programme |
| Built By: | Devonport Royal Dockyard |
| Laid Down: | 25 January, 1912 |
| Launched: | 24 October, 1912 |
| Commissioned: | 2 June, 1914 |
| Sold: | 27 June, 1932 |
| Fate: | Scrapped |
Alterations
In 1913, Marlborough was slated as part of the twelve ship order to receive a director along the lines of that developed in Neptune. She was fully equipped sometime in 1914 prior to the start of the war.[2] Her class received their directors after King George V received hers, and likely to a similar design, placing the light aloft tower atop the spotting top.[3]
Her secondary battery directors were installed sometime in 1917.[4]
Jutland
She was under the command of George P. Ross. Torpedoed and eventually forced to abandon the line to dash home, she was back with the fleet by 31 July.[5]
Fate
Marlborough paid off at Devonport on 1 November, 1920 for a major refit, for which £211,097 was voted in the 1921 Naval Estimates. During her refit she was manned by a care-and-maintenance party under Commander Harry Bingham Jermain, O.B.E.[Citation needed]
Captains
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
- Captain Edmund P. F. G. Grant, 25 May, 1914,[6] in command at start of war.[7]
- Captain George Parish Ross, 2 September, 1914.[8]
- Captain Edward B. Kiddle, 11 February, 1917.[9]
- Captain Charles D. Johnson, 25 October, 1918.[10]
- Captain Henry Ralph Crooke,
- Captain Arthur Brandreth Scott Dutton,
- Captain Thomas Norman James,
- Captain Reginald Aylmer Ranfurly Plunkett-Ernle-Erle-Drax,
- Captain Hugh Justin Tweedie, likely prior to December, 1917, as he was made Commodore then.
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. p. 33.
- ↑ The Technical History and Index: Fire Control in H.M. Ships, pp. 9-10.
- ↑ Letter in D'Eyncourt Papers at the National Maritime Museum's Caird Library, DEY/27
- ↑ The Technical History and Index: Fire Control in H.M. Ships, p. 16.
- ↑ Account_of_Morgan_Singer_of_the_Great_War
- ↑ Grant Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196 42. f. 461.
- ↑ Corbett. Naval Operations, Volume I, p. 438.
- ↑ Ross Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 46.
- ↑ The Navy List (October, 1917). p. 395o.
- ↑ The Navy List (December, 1918). p. 842.
Bibliography
- Dittmar, F.J.; Colledge, J.J. (1972). British Warships 1914–1919. London: Ian Allan.
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