H.M.S. Lion (1910)

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H.M.S. Lion (1910)
Pendant Number: 22 (1914)
79 (Jan 1918)
67 (Apr 1918)[1]
Builder: Devonport Royal Dockyard[2]
Ordered: 1909 Programme[3]
Laid down: 29 Nov, 1909[4]
Launched: 6 Aug, 1910[5]
Commissioned: May, 1912[6]
Sold: 31 Jan, 1924[7]
Fate: Scrapped

Construction

Armament

Lion was equipped with the Vickers-designed[8] 13.5-inch gun and mounting. Her mountings were constructed by Armstrongs and fired the lighter 1,250lb projectile, and were designated Mk II. The gun firing circuits were powered by on-mounting dynamos driven by water-turbine Pelton wheels fed by the hydraulic main.[9]

Secondary Battery

Lion differed from Princess Royal (and probably Queen Mary) in using a P. IV* mounting as in the Colossus class for her sixteen 4-in guns.

Reconstruction

Lion was taken in hand by Devonport Dockyard on 12 February, 1912. At that time her acceptance trial was projected to take place on 11 March.[10] She commissioned at Devonport on 4 June as Flagship of Rear-Admiral Lewis Bayly.[11]

Career

Lion taking aboard 13.5-inch shells.
Photo: Library and Archives Canada PA-6591.

Late war Gunnery Officer William Bayard Hynes

Jutland

Main article

The officer in charge of the T.S. at Jutland was Sub-Lieutenant R.P. Selby.

According to the notes of Lieutenant-Commander Gerald Fortescue Longhurst, Lion's "A", "B", and "X" turrets expended 314 rounds of 13.5-inch A.P.C. Lyddite shell. "A" turret expended 95, "B" 107, "X" 112, and "Q" turret 12 before loss. At 20:38 "A" turret had 56 rounds per gun remaining, "B" 50, and "X" 50.[12]

Alterations

Directors

In 1913, Lion was slated as part of the seventeen ship order to receive a director. It was fitted sometime after the war started but prior to May, 1915.[13]

In May 1917, in recognition of shortcomings in the use of directing guns, it was ordered that Lion and Princess Royal should be fitted with a second tripod-type director aft, as described on the class page. Lion received her second director during a refit in September, 1918.[14]

Searchlights

In late 1913, two 24-in Automatic Motor Lamp manufactured by Messrs. Clarke, Chapman & Co. Ltd., a model which had recently been trialled in Vernon, were to be installed in the ship at Devonport Royal Dockyard for a three-month trial.[15]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 35.
  2. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 35.
  3. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. pp. 28-9.
  4. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 29.
  5. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 35.
  6. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 29.
  7. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 35.
  8. ↑ Roberts. Battlecruisers. p. 87.
  9. ↑ Roberts. Battlecruisers. p. 88.
  10. ↑ "The Battle Cruiser Lion" (News). The Times. Tuesday, 13 February, 1912. Issue 39820, col B, p. 8.
  11. ↑ Roberts. Battlecruisers. p. 123.
  12. ↑ British Library. Jellicoe Papers. Add. MSS. 49029. f. 107.
  13. ↑ The Technical History and Index, Vol. 3, Part 23. pp. 9-10.
  14. ↑ The Technical History and Index, Vol. 3, Part 23. pp. 18-9.
  15. ↑ Admiralty Weekly Order No. 702 of 5 Dec, 1913.
  16. ↑ "Naval Appointments" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Monday, 11 September, 1911. Issue 39687, col G, p. 11.
  17. ↑ Roberts. Battlecruisers. p. 123.
  18. ↑ "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Friday, 7 February, 1913. Issue 40129, col C, p. 11.
  19. ↑ The Navy List (November, 1917). p. 395d.
  20. ↑ Sinclair Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 368.
  21. ↑ The Navy List (December, 1918). p. 832.
  22. ↑ The Monthly Navy List (August, 1919). p. 832.
  23. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  24. ↑ The Monthly Navy List, (December 1920). p. 802.
  25. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.

Bibliography

  • Dittmar, F.J.; Colledge, J.J. (1972). British Warships 1914–1919. London: Ian Allan.
  • 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.
  • Brooks, John (2005). Dreadnought Gunnery and the Battle of Jutland: The Question of Fire Control. Oxon: Routledge. ISBN 0714657026. (on Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk).
  • Admiralty, Gunnery Branch (1917). The Director Firing Handbook. O.U. 6125 (late C.B. 1259). Copy No. 322 at The National Archives. ADM 186/227.
  • 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.
  • Sumida, Jon Tetsuro (1989). In Defence of Naval Supremacy: Finance, Technology and British Naval Policy, 1889-1914. Winchester, Mass.: Unwin Hyman, Inc.. ISBN 0044451040. (on Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk).


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