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Revision as of 04:20, 3 June 2011

H.M.S. Benbow
Career Details
Pendant Number: 51 (Apr 1918)[1]
Ordered: 1911-1912 Programme
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

See Captain of H.M.S. Benbow (1913).

Alterations

Benbow received a main battery director after completion, sometime prior to May, 1915.[2] She received a temporary director system for her secondary battery in November-December, 1916 which was replaced by a proper one sometime in 1917.[3]

Fate

Benbow's sale was announced on 6 March, 1931.

Commanding Officers

Dates of appointment given:

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. p. 33.
  2. ↑ The Technical History and Index: Fire Control in HM Ships, pp. 9-10.
  3. ↑ The Technical History and Index: Fire Control in HM Ships, p. 16.
  4. ↑ Navy List (December, 1914). p. 281.
  5. ↑ Navy List (October, 1915). p. 392j.
  6. ↑ Navy List (December, 1916). p. 392k.
  7. ↑ Navy List (December, 1918). p. 740.

Bibliography

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