H.M.S. Dartmouth (1910)

H.M.S. Dartmouth (1910)
Pendant Number:	27 (Feb 1915) 59 (Jan 1918)^[1]
Builder:	Vickers^[2]
Laid down:	19 Feb, 1910^[3]
Launched:	14 Dec, 1910^[4]
Commissioned:	Oct, 1911^[5]
Sold:	13 Dec, 1930^[6]

Service

Commissioned at Devonport on 24 October, 1911. In early 1913, she was attached with the Third Battle Squadron, but was ordered to join the Second Light Cruiser Squadron in July.^[7]

On 1 September 1913, now attached to the Third Light Cruiser Squadron, she paid off at Devonport, to recommission the following day for service on the East Indies Station, drawing a fresh crew from the depot.^[8]

Dartmouth under the command of Captain Albert Percy Addison and Bristol were part of the Allied naval force that sortied from Brindisi in the Battle of the Strait of Otranto on 14-15 May, 1917. Dartmouth was not damaged in the indecisive and confused action itself, but at 1.30pm she was torpedoed and seriously damaged by the German UC 25.

Dartmouth was fitted with a director in February, 1918. This alteration required her pole mast to be replaced with a tripod mast for greater rigidity.^[9]

She recommissioned at Gibraltar in March, 1919.^[10]

She paid off into Dockyard Control on 26 September, 1923.^[11]

The ship re-commissioned at Portsmoputh on 1 April, 1927.^[12]

Commissioned at Portsmouth on 29 December, 1928.^[13]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

Captain Henry L. Mawbey, 10 July, 1911^[14]^[15] – 10 August, 1913^[16]
Captain Judge D'Arcy, 10 August, 1913^[17]^[18] – 30 June, 1915^[19]
Captain Albert P. Addison, 9 September, 1915^[20]^[21] – 30 June, 1917^[22]
Captain Herbert W. W. Hope, 1 October, 1917^[23]
Captain Guy P. Bigg-Wither, 3 August, 1920^[24]^[25] – 14 August, 1921^[26]
Acting Captain Hugh D. Marryat, May, 1921 – 15 February, 1922 (assumed command upon her paying off)
Commander Percy Pitts, 15 February, 1922^[27] – 3 August, 1922^[28]
Commander Astley D. C. Cooper-Key, 30 January, 1923^[29]^[30] – 7 November, 1923^[31] (temporary)
Captain John E. Cameron, 1 February, 1924^[32] – April, 1924^[33] (and as Senior Officer, Reserve Fleet Devonport)
Commander Sir Leonard P. Vavasour, Bart., 27 May, 1924^[34] – December, 1924 (while vessel reduced to Reserve)
Captain Montague G. B. Legge, early 1926^[35] – 15 April, 1926^[36]
Commander Norman M. C. Thurstan, April, 1926 – 28 September, 1926 (for period of trials and then after reducing to reserve)
Commander Astley D. C. Cooper-Key, 1 January, 1927^[37]^[38] – 22 July, 1927^[39]
Captain Gerard A. Wells, 1 April, 1927^[40] – 15 August, 1927 (and as Flag Captain and Chief of Staff to V/A Commanding, Reserve Fleet)
Captain Dudley B. N. North, 15 August, 1927^[41] – 1928^[42] (and as Flag Captain and Chief of Staff to Vice-Admiral H. D. R. Watson)
Commander Bernard Acworth, c. January, 1928 – early 1928
Lieutenant-Commander Joseph H. L. Yorke, early 1928^[43] – 1 May, 1928^[44]
Captain Ronald H. C. Hallifax, 29 December, 1928^[45] – May, 1929
Commander John G. Bower, 24 January, 1930^[46] – 30 April, 1930^[47]

Footnotes

↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 45.
↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 45.
↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 52.
↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 45.
↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 52.
↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 45.
↑ The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 298.
↑ "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), 4 August, 1913; p. 10.
↑ The Technical History and Index, Vol. 3, Part 23. pp. 11-12.
↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 757.
↑ The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 230.
↑ The Navy List. (July, 1927). p. 230.
↑ The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 230.
↑ The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 298.
↑ Mawbey Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 85.
↑ Mawbey Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 85.
↑ D'Arcy Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42/400. ff. 478, 40.
↑ The Navy List. (April, 1915). p. 393h.
↑ D'Arcy Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42/400. ff. 478, 40.
↑ The Navy List. (December, 1916). p. 393n.
↑ Addison Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/138. f. 138.
↑ Addison Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/138. f. 138.
↑ The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 774.
↑ The Navy List. (December, 1920). p. 757.
↑ Bigg-Wither Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 446.
↑ Bigg-Wither Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 446.
↑ Pitts Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/241. f. 273.
↑ Pitts Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/241. f. 273.
↑ Cooper-Key Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/29. f. 15.
↑ The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 844.
↑ Cooper-Key Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/29. f. 15.
↑ Cameron Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/409. f. 453.
↑ Cameron Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/409. f. 453.
↑ The Navy List. (July, 1924). p. 231.
↑ Legge Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/170. f. 574.
↑ Legge Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/170. f. 574.
↑ Cooper-Key Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/29. f. 15.
↑ The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 844.
↑ Cooper-Key Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/29. f. 15.
↑ The Navy List. (July, 1927). p. 230.
↑ North Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46. f. 144.
↑ North Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46. f. 144.
↑ Yorke Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/260. f. 275.
↑ Yorke Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/260. f. 275.
↑ The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 230.
↑ Bower Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/99. f. 222.
↑ Bower Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/99. f. 222.

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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[1] Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 45.

[2] Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 45.

[3] Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 52.

[4] Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 45.

[5] Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 52.

[6] Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 45.

[7] The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 298.

[8] "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), 4 August, 1913; p. 10.

[9] The Technical History and Index, Vol. 3, Part 23. pp. 11-12.

[10] The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 757.

[11] The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 230.

[12] The Navy List. (July, 1927). p. 230.

[13] The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 230.

[14] The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 298.

[15] Mawbey Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 85.

[16] Mawbey Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 85.

[17] D'Arcy Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42/400. ff. 478, 40.

[18] The Navy List. (April, 1915). p. 393h.

[19] D'Arcy Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42/400. ff. 478, 40.

[20] The Navy List. (December, 1916). p. 393n.

[21] Addison Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/138. f. 138.

[22] Addison Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/138. f. 138.

[23] The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 774.

[24] The Navy List. (December, 1920). p. 757.

[25] Bigg-Wither Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 446.

[26] Bigg-Wither Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 446.

[27] Pitts Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/241. f. 273.

[28] Pitts Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/241. f. 273.

[29] Cooper-Key Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/29. f. 15.

[30] The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 844.

[31] Cooper-Key Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/29. f. 15.

[32] Cameron Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/409. f. 453.

[33] Cameron Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/409. f. 453.

[34] The Navy List. (July, 1924). p. 231.

[35] Legge Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/170. f. 574.

[36] Legge Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/170. f. 574.

[37] Cooper-Key Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/29. f. 15.

[38] The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 844.

[39] Cooper-Key Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/29. f. 15.

[40] The Navy List. (July, 1927). p. 230.

[41] North Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46. f. 144.

[42] North Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46. f. 144.

[43] Yorke Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/260. f. 275.

[44] Yorke Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/260. f. 275.

[45] The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 230.

[46] Bower Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/99. f. 222.

[47] Bower Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/99. f. 222.

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