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|launch=10 Apr, 1918{{Conways1906|p. 62}}
 
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''Dauntless'' was re-commissioned at Devonport on 5 September, 1923 for service with the {{UK-CS|1}} in the Mediterranean.{{NLApr25|pp. 230, 231}}
 
''Dauntless'' was re-commissioned at Devonport on 5 September, 1923 for service with the {{UK-CS|1}} in the Mediterranean.{{NLApr25|pp. 230, 231}}
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Re-commissioned at Devonport on 2 February, 1926.{{NLJul27|p. 231}}
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Commissioned at Bermuda on 30 November, 1928.{{NLFeb29|p. 230}}
  
 
''Dauntless'' was re-commissioned at Portsmouth on 25 March, 1930.{{NLJul31|p. 229}}
 
''Dauntless'' was re-commissioned at Portsmouth on 25 March, 1930.{{NLJul31|p. 229}}
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''Dauntless'' was re-commissioned at Portsmouth on 27 July, 1932 for duty on the [[America and West Indies Station]].{{NLJan33|p. 229}}
  
 
She was re-commissioned at Portsmouth on 2 April, 1935.{{NLOct35|p. 228}}
 
She was re-commissioned at Portsmouth on 2 April, 1935.{{NLOct35|p. 228}}
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She was re-commissioned at Portsmouth on 19 (10?) August, 1936.{{NLJul37|p. 228}}
  
 
==Captains==
 
==Captains==
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Hubert Edward Dannreuther|nick=Hubert E. Dannreuther|appt=14 October, 1924<ref>Dannreuther Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/46.}} f. 29.</ref>|end=October, 1926<ref>Dannreuther Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/46.}} f. 29.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Hubert Edward Dannreuther|nick=Hubert E. Dannreuther|appt=14 October, 1924<ref>Dannreuther Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/46.}} f. 29.</ref>|end=October, 1926<ref>Dannreuther Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/46.}} f. 29.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Stephen Dowell Tillard|nick=Stephen D. Tillard|appt=2 October, 1926|ass=21 October, 1926|end=26 April, 1927}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Stephen Dowell Tillard|nick=Stephen D. Tillard|appt=2 October, 1926|ass=21 October, 1926|end=26 April, 1927}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Kenneth Douglas Worsley Macpherson|nick=Kenneth D. W. Macpherson|appt=24 February, 1927{{NLJan28|p. 230}}|end=}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Kenneth Douglas Worsley Macpherson|nick=Kenneth D. W. Macpherson|appt=26 April, 1927<ref>Macpherson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/48/133.|}} f. 537.</ref>|end=1928}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Francis Heathcote Gordon Walker|nick=Francis H. G. Walker|appt=30 November, 1928<ref>Walker Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51/73.}} f. 79.</ref>|end=18 March, 1929<ref>Walker Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51/73.}} f. 79.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Francis Heathcote Gordon Walker|nick=Francis H. G. Walker|appt=30 November, 1928<ref>Walker Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51/73.}} f. 79.</ref>|end=18 March, 1929<ref>Walker Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51/73.}} f. 79.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Henry Ruthven Moore|nick=Henry Ruthven Moore|appt=February, 1930{{MackieRNW}}|end=September, 1930{{MackieRNW}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Henry Ruthven Moore|nick=Henry Ruthven Moore|appt=25 February, 1930|end=30 October, 1930}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=John Guy Protheroe Vivian|nick=John G. P. Vivian|appt=18 September, 1930{{NLJul31|p. 230}}|end=}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=John Guy Protheroe Vivian|nick=John G. P. Vivian|appt=18 September, 1930{{NLJul31|p. 230}}|end=27 July, 1932<ref>Vivian Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51/54.|}} f. 56.</ref>|ass=20 October, 1930<ref>Vivian Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51/54.|}} f. 56.</ref>|note=vice Moore, assumed command 20 October}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Charles Otway Alexander|nick=Charles O. Alexander|appt=27 July, 1932{{NLJan33|p. 229}}|end=1935{{MackieRNW}}}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Charles Otway Alexander|nick=Charles O. Alexander|appt=27 July, 1932{{NLJan33|p. 229}}|end=1935{{MackieRNW}}}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Edward Stephen Fogarty Fegen|nick=Edward S. F. Fegen|appt=2 April, 1935<ref>Fegen Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/54/8.|D7605596}} f. 8.</ref>{{NLOct35|p. 228}}|end=12 July, 1935<ref>Fegen Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/54/8.|D7605596}} f. 8.</ref>|note=assumed command upon her return to commission}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Edward Stephen Fogarty Fegen|nick=Edward S. F. Fegen|appt=2 April, 1935<ref>Fegen Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/54/8.|D7605596}} f. 8.</ref>{{NLOct35|p. 228}}|end=12 July, 1935<ref>Fegen Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/54/8.|D7605596}} f. 8.</ref>|note=assumed command upon her return to commission}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Henry Thew Rust|nick=Henry T. Rust|appt=20 July, 1935{{NLOct35|p. 228}}|end=March, 1936<ref>Sturdee Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/49/214.|D7604312}} f. 115.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Henry Thew Rust|nick=Henry T. Rust|appt=20 July, 1935{{NLOct35|p. 228}}|end=March, 1936<ref>Sturdee Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/49/214.|D7604312}} f. 115.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Lionel Arthur Doveton Sturdee|nick=Sir Lionel A. D. Sturdee|appt=March, 1936<ref>Sturdee Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/49/214.|D7604312}} f. 115.</ref>|end=15 September, 1936<ref>Sturdee Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/49/214.|D7604312}} f. 115.</ref>{{NLJul37|p. 267}}}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Lionel Arthur Doveton Sturdee|nick=Sir Lionel A. D. Sturdee|appt=March, 1936<ref>Sturdee Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/49/214.|D7604312}} f. 115.</ref>|end=15 September, 1936<ref>Sturdee Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/49/214.|D7604312}} f. 115.</ref>{{NLJul37|p. 267}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Frank Delamain Morris|nick=Frank D. Morris|appt=19 August, 1936{{NLJul37|p. 228}}|end=1 July, 1938|note=end date's month may be read wrongly}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptAU}}|name=George Dunbar Moore|nick=George D. Moore|appt=February, 1939{{MackieRNW}}|end=May, 1941{{MackieRNW}}}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptAU}}|name=George Dunbar Moore|nick=George D. Moore|appt=February, 1939{{MackieRNW}}|end=May, 1941{{MackieRNW}}}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=John Graham Hewitt|nick=John G. Hewitt|appt=May, 1941{{MackieRNW}}|end=October, 1942{{MackieRNW}}}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=John Graham Hewitt|nick=John G. Hewitt|appt=May, 1941{{MackieRNW}}|end=October, 1942{{MackieRNW}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Newton James Wallop William-Powlett|nick=Newton J. W. William-Powlett|appt=October, 1942{{MackieRNW}}|end=1943{{MackieRNW}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Newton James Wallop William-Powlett|nick=Newton J. W. William-Powlett|appt=4 October, 1942<ref>William-Powlett Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/118/159.|}} f. 159.</ref>|end=1 August, 1943<ref>William-Powlett Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/118/159.|}} f. 159.</ref>}}
 
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Latest revision as of 11:54, 24 May 2022

H.M.S. Dauntless (1918)
Pendant Number: 71 (Nov 1918)[1]
Builder: Palmer Shipbuilding and Iron Company[2]
Laid down: 3 Jan, 1917[3]
Launched: 10 Apr, 1918[4]
Commissioned: 26 Nov, 1918[5]
Sold: Feb, 1946[6]
Fate: Broken up

Service

Dauntless was completed with a gunnery director installation.[7]

Dauntless was re-commissioned at Devonport on 5 September, 1923 for service with the First Cruiser Squadron in the Mediterranean.[8]

Re-commissioned at Devonport on 2 February, 1926.[9]

Commissioned at Bermuda on 30 November, 1928.[10]

Dauntless was re-commissioned at Portsmouth on 25 March, 1930.[11]

Dauntless was re-commissioned at Portsmouth on 27 July, 1932 for duty on the America and West Indies Station.[12]

She was re-commissioned at Portsmouth on 2 April, 1935.[13]

She was re-commissioned at Portsmouth on 19 (10?) August, 1936.[14]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 50.
  2. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 62.
  3. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 62.
  4. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 62.
  5. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 757.
  6. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 62.
  7. ↑ The Technical History and Index, Vol. 3, Part 23. pp. 11-12.
  8. ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1925). pp. 230, 231.
  9. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1927). p. 231.
  10. ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 230.
  11. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 229.
  12. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 229.
  13. ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1935). p. 228.
  14. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 228.
  15. ↑ Loder-Symonds Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/186. f. 212.
  16. ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 774.
  17. ↑ Loder-Symonds Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/186. f. 212.
  18. ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1920). p. 757.
  19. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1924). p. 231.
  20. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1924). p. 231.
  21. ↑ Dannreuther Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46. f. 29.
  22. ↑ Dannreuther Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46. f. 29.
  23. ↑ Dannreuther Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46. f. 29.
  24. ↑ Macpherson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/133. f. 537.
  25. ↑ Walker Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/73. f. 79.
  26. ↑ Walker Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/73. f. 79.
  27. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 230.
  28. ↑ Vivian Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/54. f. 56.
  29. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 229.
  30. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  31. ↑ Fegen Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/54/8. f. 8.
  32. ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1935). p. 228.
  33. ↑ Fegen Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/54/8. f. 8.
  34. ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1935). p. 228.
  35. ↑ Sturdee Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/214. f. 115.
  36. ↑ Sturdee Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/214. f. 115.
  37. ↑ Sturdee Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/214. f. 115.
  38. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 267.
  39. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 228.
  40. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  41. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  42. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  43. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  44. ↑ William-Powlett Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/118/159. f. 159.
  45. ↑ William-Powlett Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/118/159. f. 159.

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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