H.M.S. Benbow (1913)

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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, 1913
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.

Jutland

Main article

The ship, as flagship to Vice-Admiral Frederick Sturdee's Fourth Battle Squadron, led the Fourth Division under the command of Captain Henry W. Parker.

Alterations

Benbow received a main battery director after completion, sometime prior to May, 1915.[2] Her class received their directors after King George V received hers, and likely to a similar design, placing the light aloft tower atop the spotting top.[3]

She received a temporary director system for her secondary battery in November-December, 1916 which was replaced by a proper one sometime in 1917.[4]

Fate

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

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Dittmar; Colledge. p. 33.
  2. The Technical History and Index: Fire Control in HM Ships, pp. 9-10.
  3. Letter in D'Eyncourt Papers at the National Maritime Museum's Caird Library, DEY/27
  4. The Technical History and Index: Fire Control in H.M. Ships, p. 16.
  5. The Navy List (December, 1914). p. 281.
  6. The Navy List (October, 1915). p. 392j.
  7. The Navy List (December, 1916). p. 392k.
  8. The Navy List (December, 1918). p. 740.
  9. The Navy List (August, 1919). p. 739.
  10. Crooke Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 36.

Bibliography


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