H.M.S. Falmouth (1910)
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H.M.S. Falmouth (1910) | |
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Pendant Number: | 90 (1914)[1] |
Builder: | Beardmore[2] |
Laid down: | 21 Feb, 1910[3] |
Launched: | 20 Sep, 1910[4] |
Commissioned: | Sep, 1911[5] |
Sold: | 19 Aug, 1916 |
Fate: | by U.63 |
Service
In early 1913, she was attached to the Second Battle Squadron, but was to join the Second Light Cruiser Squadron on 30 June.[6]
Alterations
In October 1914, the ship was to be given 4 Pattern 1582 Electric Radiators to warm cabins whose stoves could not be used for heating them.[7]
Falmouth was lost before she could be fitted with a director.[8]
Captains
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
- Captain Edmund Percy Fenwick George Grant, 6 June, 1911.[9]
- Captain John Douglas Edwards, 1 December 1913,[10] in command at the outbreak of war,[11] and at Battle of Jutland.[12]
See Also
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.
- ↑ The Navy List (July, 1913), p. 312.
- ↑ Admiralty Weekly Order No. 512 of 16 Oct, 1914.
- ↑ The Technical History and Index, Vol. 3, Part 23. pp. 11-12.
- ↑ The Navy List (July, 1913), p. 312.
- ↑ The Navy List (April, 1914), p. 313.
- ↑ Naval Operations. Volume I. p. 440.
- ↑ Signed report from '"Falmouth in the Beatty papers on file at the National Maritime Museum, Pack 6, p. 11.
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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