H.M.S. Benbow (1913)
From The Dreadnought Project
H.M.S. Benbow | |
Career | Details |
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Pennant: | 51 (April, 1918) |
Built By: | Beardmore, Parkhead |
Laid down: | 30 May, 1912 |
Launched: | 12 November, 1912 |
Commissioned: | 7 October, 1914 |
Sold: | March, 1931 |
Fate: | Scrapped |
Launch
Benbow was launched on 13 November, 1913 by Lady Randolph Churchill, widow of the former government minister and mother of the First Lord of the Admiralty. In honour of the occasion she was presented with a Brazilian diamond necklet by Messrs. William Beardmore and Company.
In Command
Captain | Dates of Command |
Captain James Andrew Fergusson | 14 May, 1914 – 24 August, 1915 |
Captain Henry Wise Parker | 24 August, 1915 – June, 1916 |
Captain Lewis Clinton-Baker | June, 1916 – 28 September, 1917 |
Captain Arthur Kipling Waistell | 28 September, 1917 – 1919 |
Captain Charles Douglas Carpendale, C.B. | 1919-1921 |
Captain Henry Ralph Crooke, C.B. | 21 February, 1921 – ? |
Captain John Moore Casement | |
Captain James Fownes Somerville | 20 August, 1922 – 31 October, 1924 |
Captain Ambrose Maynard Peck | 1926-1927 |
Captain Francis Murray Austin | 1927/8-1929? |