H.M.S. Chatham (1911)
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| H.M.S. Chatham | |
| Career | Details |
|---|---|
| Pendant Numbers: | 37 (1914) 38 (Jan 1918) 18 (Apr 1918)[1] |
| Built By: | Chatham Royal Dockyard |
| Laid Down: | |
| Launched: | 19 November, 1911 |
| Commissioned: | |
| Sold: | |
| Fate: | |
Alterations
Chatham was fitted with a director in September, 1918. This alteration may have required her pole mast to be replaced with a tripod mast for greater rigidity.[2]
Captains
Dates of appointment given:
- Captain Theodore J. Hallett, 1 January, 1918.[3]
- Captain Sidney Robert Drury-Lowe,
- Captain Louis Charles Stirling Woollcombe,
See Also
Footnotes
Bibliography
- Dittmar, F.J.; Colledge, J.J. (1972). British Warships 1914–1919. London: Ian Allan.
- 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).
- Admiralty, Gunnery Branch (1918). Handbook of Captain F. C. Dreyer's Fire Control Tables, 1918. C.B. 1456. Copy No. 10 at Admiralty Library, Portsmouth, United Kingdom.
- Admiralty, Technical History Section (1919). The Technical History and Index: Fire Control in H.M. Ships. Vol. 3, Part 23. C.B. 1515 (23) now O.U. 6171/14. At The National Archives. ADM 275/19.
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