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| Captain [[James Andrew Fergusson]]
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| 14 May, 1914 &ndash; 24 August, 1915
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| Captain [[Henry Wise Parker]]
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| 24 August, 1915 &ndash; June, 1916
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| Captain [[Lewis Clinton-Baker]]
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| June, 1916 &ndash; 28 September, 1917
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| Captain [[Arthur Kipling Waistell]]
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| 28 September, 1917 &ndash; 1919
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| Captain [[Charles Douglas Carpendale]], C.B.
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| 21 February, 1921 &ndash; ?
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| Captain [[Henry Ralph Crooke]], C.B.
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| 21 February, 1921 &ndash; ?
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| Captain [[John Moore Casement]]
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| Captain [[James Fownes Somerville]]
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| 20 August, 1922 &ndash; 31 October, 1924
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| Captain [[Ambrose Maynard Peck]]
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| 1926-1927
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| Captain [[Francis Murray Austin]]
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| 1927/8-1929?
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==Alterations==
 
==Alterations==

Revision as of 10:39, 19 March 2012

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

In Command Date
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. 21 February, 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?

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.

Captains

Dates of appointment given:

Jutland

Main article

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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