H.M.S. Indomitable (1907)
H.M.S. Indomitable | |
Career | Details |
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Pendant Numbers: | 77 (1914) 75 (Jan, 1918) 05 (Apr, 1918)[1] |
Built By: | Fairfield, Govan |
Laid Down: | 1 March, 1906[2] |
Launched: | 16 March, 1907[3] |
Commissioned: | 25 June, 1909 |
Sold: | 1 December, 1921 |
Fate: | Scrapped |
Construction and Acceptance
When in December 1906 Indomitable's anchor and hawsepipe arrangements seemed problematic in mock-up, Lusitania was fitting out in Clydebank, and it was observed that she had a more elegant plan. It was mimicked for Inflexible and Indomitable.[4]
Construction Costs, pounds Sterling[5] | |
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Hull and fittings | 801,066 |
Propelling and Machinery | 476,539 |
Hydraulics and Air Compressing | 325,708 |
Gun mountings | 12,979 |
Total | 1,617,791 |
Radio
Indomitable received the first sea-going Service Mark II radio set, and conducted range tests to Vernon while on her voyage to Quebec in 1908.[6]
Main Battery
Indomitable incorporated new turret training engines controlled by a single wheel which proved a great advance over earlier equipment. The new gear showed "marked reduction in throw-off and good control of starting, stopping and creep with little effort on the handwheel.[7]
Alterations
In 1913, Indomitable was slated as part of the seventeen ship order to receive a director. It was fitted sometime between December, 1915 and the Battle of Jutland.[8]
Commanding Officers
Dates of appointment given:
- Captain Herbert G. King-Hall, 16 April, 1908.[9]
- Captain Charles Martin-de-Bartolomé, 26 July, 1909.[10]
- Captain Arthur A. M. Duff, 3 January, 1911.[10]
- Captain George H. Baird, 21 February, 1912.[10]
- Captain Francis W. Kennedy, 11 December, 1912.[11]
- Captain Michael H. Hodges, 7 June, 1916.[12]
Jutland
- See Reports
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships: 1914-1919. p. 35.
- ↑ Johnston. Clydebank Battlecruisers, p. 15.
- ↑ Johnston. Clydebank Battlecruisers, p. 16.
- ↑ Johnston. Clydebank Battlecruisers, p. 16.
- ↑ Johnston. Clydebank Battlecruisers, p. 16.
- ↑ ARTS 1908 Wireless Appendix, p. 14.
- ↑ Brooks. Dreadnought Gunnery and the Battle of Jutland, p. 46.
- ↑ The Technical History and Index: Fire Control in HM Ships, pp. 9-11.
- ↑ "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Friday, 17 April, 1908. Issue 38623, col E, pg. 9.
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 Roberts. Battlecruisers. p. 122.
- ↑ Navy List (December, 1914). p. 336.
- ↑ Navy List (December, 1916). p. 395j.
Bibliography
- Dittmar, F.J.; Colledge, J.J. (1972). British Warships 1914–1919. London: Ian Allan.
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